1-8, Piel Island is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1976. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
1-8, Piel Island
- WRENN ID
- seventh-rubblework-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 May 1976
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 1-8, Piel Island, LA13 0QN
- OS grid reference
- SD 232 638
- Coordinates
- 54.06525, -3.17471
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a terrace of eight cottages built in 1875 for the Duke of Buccleuch. The cottages feature scored stucco and a graduated slate roof. They are two storeys high and have eight windows on the first floor arranged in a rhythm of 1:1:2:2:1:1. The design is symmetrical, with a gabled center and crosswings at each end. Notable architectural features include a plinth, projecting stone sills, and mostly six-pane sash windows.
There are three double porches, each with two narrow three-pane casements beneath gables that have shaped, pierced bargeboards and finials, along with boarded doors on each return. The left crosswing has a side porch styled similarly, while the side porch on the right crosswing has been demolished. The central gable displays the date and the monogram 'BQ' within a crowned Belt of the Garter, above the motto 'AMO'. Both the central gable and the left crosswing gable feature decorative bargeboards and finials.
The building has four rendered ridge stacks, although the one on the right is incomplete. The right crosswing (No. 1) has only been partially refurbished after a fire. Plans submitted in 1874 show different details, including three flush gables and alternative porch designs.
Local climate
1-8, Piel Island sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,670 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 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2014
- 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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