Cockpit in Field to North of Village is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1990. Folly.
Cockpit in Field to North of Village
- WRENN ID
- standing-footing-wren
- 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
- Folly
- Address
- Cockpit in Field to North of Village, Aldingham
- OS grid reference
- SD 271 726
- Coordinates
- 54.14414, -3.11735
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cockpit in the field to the north of the village is a mid-19th century structure built for the Huddleston family. It is one of two cockpits that were part of a group of buildings designed as follies. This cockpit is believed to have been used for illegal cock fights. It features drystone construction with battered walls and a stone vault, and is circular in plan, approximately 10 feet high. The low entrance, which has a semicircular head, faces north and overlooks another cockpit that is listed separately.
Local climate
Cockpit in Field to North of Village 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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