North Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1968. House. 1 related planning application.
North Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- cold-step-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1968
- Type
- House
- Address
- North Farmhouse, 5, Main Street, Overton, LA3 3HD
- OS grid reference
- SD 436 580
- Coordinates
- 54.01533, -2.86089
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
North Farmhouse is a house built in 1674 that has been altered. It is constructed from sandstone rubble and has a slate roof. The building has a 2-cell plan and stands two storeys tall with an attic, featuring three bays. The windows are sashed and have rock-faced stone surrounds. On the left side, there is a one-light fire window that is rebated and chamfered. The central bay contains a door with a chamfered surround and a shaped lintel that is inscribed with "RH EH TH 1674". There are chimneys at both ends of the house. A change in the stonework indicates that the eaves have been raised, likely when the original thatch roof was replaced with slate. The right-hand gable wall features two chamfered attic windows, a blocked first-floor window, and an altered window with a rebated and chamfered surround.
Local climate
North Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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