The Bield and adjacent Barn is a Grade II* listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 January 1967. A Early Modern House. 1 related planning application.
The Bield and adjacent Barn
- WRENN ID
- sacred-cloister-honey
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 January 1967
- Type
- House
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- The Bield and adjacent Barn, Little Langdale, Ambleside, Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, LA22 9PD
- OS grid reference
- NY 311 036
- Coordinates
- 54.42365, -3.06253
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bield is a 17th-century house located in Little Langdale, alongside an adjacent barn. It is constructed of roughcast stone rubble with a flag roof. The house is two storeys high and features a boarded door protected by a slate gable hood, along with two small-paned casement windows on the ground floor and five above.
Inside, the house retains original stone floors and an open timber roof with a bracken loft. A stone fireplace, timber ceiling with beams, and a 17th-century wood-mullioned window on the landing are also present. A cupboard and panelled partition, both dated 1714, add to the historic character of the interior.
The adjacent barn, likely of the 18th century, adjoins the house to the right. It features two rows of arrow slits and a higher corrugated roof.
Local climate
The Bield and adjacent Barn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,550 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% 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 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- 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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