Lower Starbank Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 March 1985. Farmhouse.

Lower Starbank Farmhouse

WRENN ID
patient-zinc-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 March 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Lower Starbank Farmhouse, Ellel
OS grid reference
SD 519 541
Coordinates
53.981, -2.73351
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Starbank Farmhouse is a house dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of sandstone rubble and features a modern tile roof. The building has two storeys and three bays. The windows, which consist of two lights, have flush chamfered mullions. The door is located between the first and second bays and has a plain stone surround. There are traces of a blocked doorway between the second and third bays. Additionally, chimneys are positioned on the gables and to the left of the second bay.

Local climate

Lower Starbank Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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