Fossils is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. A C17 House. 4 related planning applications.
Fossils
- WRENN ID
- spare-joist-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Fossils, Lowther, CA10 2DR
- OS grid reference
- NY 555 252
- Coordinates
- 54.6202, -2.68931
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This house dates from the late 17th or early 18th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of painted rubble walls topped with a graduated greenslate roof and 20th-century brick chimney stacks. The building is two stories high and originally comprised four bays, with a former two-bay stable now incorporated as domestic space on the right. A 20th-century door is set in a plain opening towards the centre. Most windows are 20th-century casements with glazing bars, set within original painted stone surrounds, although the windows to the left of the entrance on both floors are 19th-century sash windows with glazing bars. A segmental-arched cart entrance is located on the right, alongside a 20th-century garage door featuring casements and painted stone surrounds. The building is listed for group value with Rose Cottage.
Local climate
Fossils sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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