Crossways is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1986. House.
Crossways
- WRENN ID
- white-forge-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Crossways, Church Road, Greystoke
- OS grid reference
- NY 440 307
- Coordinates
- 54.66904, -2.86909
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Crossways is a house dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It features painted incised stucco with raised painted quoins, set on a chamfered plinth. The roof is made of graduated greenslate and has ashlar banded chimney stacks. The building has two storeys and two bays, with a panelled door and sash windows that include glazing bars, all framed in painted stone surrounds. It is listed for its group value with the school opposite and for its prominent position when viewed from the village green.
Local climate
Crossways sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% 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 58 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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