Higher Broomfield Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 October 1967. House. 1 related planning application.
Higher Broomfield Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-panel-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 October 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Higher Broomfield Farmhouse, Arkholme-With-Cawood, LA6 1AZ
- OS grid reference
- SD 595 728
- Coordinates
- 54.14986, -2.62025
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher Broomfield Farmhouse is a house built in the late 18th century. It is constructed from watershot sandstone and features a slate roof. The building has a double-depth plan with chimneys at each end. It stands two storeys high and has two bays, characterized by stepped triple-light windows with flat-faced mullions. The door, located between the bays, has a plain stone surround. At the rear of the house, there are some re-used rebated and chamfered window surrounds. Inside, the left-hand (southern) room contains a shouldered fireplace.
Local climate
Higher Broomfield Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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