Swan House and Swan Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1968. Former inn, private dwelling. 1 related planning application.
Swan House and Swan Cottage
- WRENN ID
- salt-cellar-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1968
- Type
- Former inn, private dwelling
- Address
- Swan House and Swan Cottage, the Green, Temple Sowerby, CA10 1SD
- OS grid reference
- NY 612 271
- Coordinates
- 54.63816, -2.60229
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Swan House and Swan Cottage are former inn buildings, now divided into two private residences, dated 1616. They are constructed of coursed, lime-washed rubble with a Welsh slate roof, which replaced earlier thatch. The roof has three 20th-century gabled dormers of varying sizes. A brick chimney sits in the middle, and stone chimneys are located at each end, with the northern chimney projecting. Both parts of the building are single-storey with dormers. Swan House has three bays and a central glazed door flanked by windows with glazing bars. Swan Cottage comprises five bays, featuring a mullioned two-light window to the left. A second window replaced what was originally a door. A central sash window survives, and the present glazed door and window to the right replaced earlier windows. An initialled date stone, reading "I.H. B.H. 1616," is located on the extreme right of the building. Inside Swan House, a cruck truss remains. Swan Cottage features a late 17th/early 18th century corniced fireplace with a moulded surround.
Local climate
Swan House and Swan Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 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 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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 — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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