Borrowdale Head Farmhouse and Attached Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1952. A C17 Farmhouse.
Borrowdale Head Farmhouse and Attached Barn
- WRENN ID
- calm-hammer-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Borrowdale Head Farmhouse and Attached Barn, Selside and Fawcett Forest, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 543 041
- Coordinates
- 54.43042, -2.70461
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Borrowdale Head Farmhouse and the attached barn are likely from the 17th century, with a later outshut. The building is constructed of stone rubble, with the front of the house painted and a slate roof. The east elevation features two storeys and two bays, with the barn located to the north. The ground floor windows are sashed with glazing bars and horns, while the first floor has pivoted casements, with the first bay having paired casements. There is a gabled porch with a return entrance. The building has gable-end stacks and a cross-axial stack. The barn has five small openings and a blocked entrance, with a winnowing door above. The north return includes a pivoted door leading to the cow house entrance. The west elevation has an outshut under a catslide roof and a large squat stack on the left return, which also features a 20th-century lean-to outhouse. The barn door is accessed via a ramp, with the roof raised above the eaves and a lower level entrance. Although the interior of the house was not inspected, it is said to contain a mid-18th century fireplace and cupboard, an early 18th century stair, and originally had a plaster panel of a rose tree, which may now be covered up.
Local climate
Borrowdale Head Farmhouse and Attached Barn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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