Hawkshead Fields House and Cottage
HAWKSHEAD FIELDS HOUSE AND COTTAGE
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1120918
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-1970
- List Entry Name:
- Hawkshead Fields House and Cottage
- Statutory Address:
- HAWKSHEAD FIELDS HOUSE AND COTTAGE
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1120918
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-1970
- List Entry Name:
- Hawkshead Fields House and Cottage
- Statutory Address 1:
- HAWKSHEAD FIELDS HOUSE AND COTTAGE
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- HAWKSHEAD FIELDS HOUSE AND COTTAGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Westmorland and Furness (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Hawkshead
- National Park:
- Lake District
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 35350 96856
Details
HAWKSHEAD SD 39 NE 6/116 Hawkshead Fields 25.3.70 House and Cottage GV II
2 houses. Cl7, with late C17 or early C18 wing to rear, late C18 alterations. Roughcast stone with slate roof. 2 storeys, 4 bays, the 1st 2 bays probably later. 1st 2 bays have casement windows, 2nd 2 bays have sashed windows with glazing bars and horns. Entrance to 2nd bay is plain, that between 3rd and 4th bays has slate sides to gabled porch and part glazed 6-panel door. Cross-axial stack and gable-end stacks. Right return has slate-slab porch to entrance in rear wing with casement windows. Rear has large projecting gable-end stack with off sets and sashed windows with glazing bars and horns and slated lintels, other windows have casements. Interior has plank and muntin partition with fielded panels. 2 corbelled fireplaces, one with ovolo moulding. Some panelling with dado rail, cornice and fielded panels. Stair has turned balusters and moulded handrail. Property of the National Trust, the gift of Beatrix Potter.
Listing NGR: SD3535096856
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 76822
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 27-Jun-2026 at 01:03:51.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.