Sir John Barrow Cottage

The cottage was the birthplace of Sir John Barrow on 19 June 1764. It is now a Grade II listed building. John Barrow was the son of a yeoman farmer and was educated at Town Bank Grammar School in Ulverston. Top learn more about Sir John Barrow, one of Ulverston’s most famous sons, click here to find out more.

Before the age of 20, he held a variety of important jobs including tutor, surveyor’s assistant and head bookkeeper in a Liverpool iron foundry. Sir John Barrow was one of the founder members of the Royal Geographical Society and as the Second Secretary to the Admiralty spearheaded arctic exploration to discover the North West passage.

The cottage is at Dragley Beck in Ulverston and is in the ownership of Ulverston Town Council.

The Town Council has refurbished parts of the building, and recently installed a Town Council blue plaque on the building to mark it’s significance. The plaque was unveiled by the Mayor of Ulverston, Cllr Paul Smith and Sir John Barrow’s great, great, great grandson, Mr Dennis Batty.

The building is leased to Greenlane Archeology who work with the Ulverston Civic Society to open it for the community.

The building can be also be hired for events.

For more information contact Greenlane on Greenlane Archaeology info@greenlanearchaeology.co.uk