Numbers 3 and 4 Holker Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. House. 1 related planning application.

Numbers 3 and 4 Holker Cottages

WRENN ID
ghost-truss-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1970
Type
House
Address
Numbers 3 and 4 Holker Cottages, B5278, Lower Holker, LA11 7PQ
OS grid reference
SD 360 769
Coordinates
54.18419, -2.98164
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 3 and 4 Holker Cottages are two houses located in Lower Holker, built before 1849, possibly by George Webster. They are constructed of roughcast stone with a slate roof and stand two storeys high with three bays. These cottages are attached to Nos. 1 and 2 but project forward from them. The windows feature splayed reveals, with those on the ground floor having plaster label moulds. The cottages have 2- and 3-light casements with iron glazing bars arranged in octagon and square patterns, which are typical of the Holker estate. There are gable-end stacks and a cross-axial stack. The entrance to the first bay includes a board door and an open timber gabled porch, with a similar entrance on the right return.

Local climate

Numbers 3 and 4 Holker Cottages sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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