Well House and Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1990. Houses. 3 related planning applications.
Well House and Cottage
- WRENN ID
- slow-loggia-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 March 1990
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- Well House and Cottage, Urswick, LA12 9QY
- OS grid reference
- SD 298 741
- Coordinates
- 54.15832, -3.07642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a complex of two houses, likely dating to the 18th century. The buildings are constructed of stone rubble, with some areas limewashed, and have slate roofs. The south elevation is three stories high and features three bays. It has small, two-story wing to the west. The ground floor windows have segmental arches and 20th-century glazing; other windows are sash windows with glazing bars. A central entrance is present. There are gable-end stacks, one corbelled out to the west, and another to the east featuring a rounded shaft. The western wing of the complex has a concrete tile roof. The north elevation has a two-story, three-bay wing with sash windows incorporating glazing bars and a plank door, along with a gable-end stack. A further wing to the west of this, forming Well Cottage, also features a concrete tile roof and a 20th-century sash window, as well as a gable-end stack.
Local climate
Well House and Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,650 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 5 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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