House and Area Railings Adjoining West End of Heather Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1984. House.

House and Area Railings Adjoining West End of Heather Cottage

WRENN ID
tangled-alcove-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1984
Type
House
OS grid reference
NY 747 154
Coordinates
54.53337, -2.39184
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This mid-19th century house is constructed from coursed, squared rubble and features rusticated quoins and a first-floor sill band. The graduated slate roof is topped with corniced stone end chimneys. The symmetrical, two-storey front has five bays, with a central glazed door set in a rusticated surround. On either side of the door, there is a single sash window with glazing bars in a stone surround on each floor. The low area walls are made of coursed, squared rubble with segmental coping, and the cast-iron railings are adorned with ornate foliate spearhead standards.

Local climate

House and Area Railings Adjoining West End of Heather 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 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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