Sandes Hospital Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 April 1969. Cottages. 2 related planning applications.
Sandes Hospital Cottages
- WRENN ID
- muted-wattle-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 April 1969
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Sandes Hospital Cottages, 1-8, Highgate, Kendal
- OS grid reference
- SD 514 925
- Coordinates
- 54.32596, -2.74823
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A row of cottages dating from 1659, substantially rebuilt in 1852. The cottages are constructed of coursed rubble stone with quoins, with dressed stone window and door surrounds, and have graduated slate roofs with stone copings and kneelers. Chimneys are rendered and positioned mid and end. The row is symmetrical, comprising a single storey and 15 bays overall, with four cottages set back on either side of a taller central block which formerly served as a library. The central block has a panel on its gable, initiallyed and dated to indicate the construction and rebuilding dates. To the central block’s front are three bays, featuring a plank door with a 4-centred head, a pointed window to each side and an oculus above, all beneath hoodmoulds. The cottages are arranged in pairs, each pair accessed via a shallow, gabled porch with a plank door. Each pair also features a single, wood-mullioned, 2-light window to either side; some windows have diamond leading.
Local climate
Sandes Hospital Cottages sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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 — 6 transactions since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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