Holme Bank Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. A Early Modern House.
Holme Bank Cottages
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-facade-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1970
- Type
- House
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- Holme Bank Cottages, Urswick
- OS grid reference
- SD 271 738
- Coordinates
- 54.15546, -3.11772
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holme Bank Cottages is a pair of houses that date back to the 16th century, with later alterations. The cottages are constructed from roughcast stone and topped with a slate roof. They are two storeys high and consist of five bays.
On the ground floor, the second bay features a casement window, while the third bay has a four-light single-chamfered-mullioned window with a label mould. The fifth bay has a similar three-light window, with a label that extends to the left, possibly indicating a former five-light window. The first floor includes a casement window, three two-light windows, and a sash window with glazing bars.
The entrance to the fourth bay has moulded reveals and a date on the lintel, along with a later porch. There is also an entrance in the gabled porch located between the first and second bays, and an entrance at the first bay. The building features gable-end stacks, with a small stack on the left and a large cross-axial stack that has two diagonally-set shafts. At the rear, there is a continuous outshut.
Local climate
Holme Bank Cottages 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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