Lowstreet Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1986. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Lowstreet Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-buttress-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lowstreet Cottage, Hesket, CA11 0JD
- OS grid reference
- NY 483 369
- Coordinates
- 54.72486, -2.80268
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lowstreet Cottage is a farmhouse dating to 1728, with alterations from the 19th century. It is constructed of red sandstone rubble with flush quoins, and has a graduated greenslate roof with rebuilt chimney stacks of red sandstone. The original plan was of three bays, and it is two storeys high. The central entrance has a 20th-century door set within an 18th-century stone surround, beneath a shaped datestone. Sash windows are set in 19th-century stone surrounds, and a fire window has been blocked on the right-hand side. The right return wall features a small, blocked 18th-century opening. A rear extension contains a plank door, sash windows with glazing bars in stone surrounds, and a round-headed stair window. Adjoining farm buildings are not considered to be of historic interest.
Local climate
Lowstreet Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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 — 3 transactions since 2014
- 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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