Hill Farmhouse and Adjoining Outbuilding is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1989. Farmhouse.

Hill Farmhouse and Adjoining Outbuilding

WRENN ID
salt-ember-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 1989
Type
Farmhouse
OS grid reference
SD 428 917
Coordinates
54.31828, -2.88032
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hill Farmhouse and the adjoining outbuilding are likely from the late 17th century or early 18th century, with some later alterations and additions. The buildings are constructed of stone rubble, with the farmhouse being roughcast and both having slate roofs.

The southeast elevation of the farmhouse features two storeys and four bays, with the first bay likely added later. There is a drip course over the ground floor that is interrupted by a window in the second bay. The first bay has a recessed window and an entrance behind a straight-headed opening. The second bay contains paired sashed windows with single glazing bars and a fire window to the left. The fourth bay has a sashed window with vertical glazing bars and an opening light. On the first floor, the windows have pivoted upper parts, except for the first bay, which has a horizontally sliding sash with glazing bars. The entrance to the third bay is framed by a gabled porch. There is a gable-end stack and a cross-axial stack.

At the rear, there are two outshuts under catslide roofs and two wooden chamfered-mullioned windows with two lights. The interior features chamfered beams, a heck partition at the fireplace, and a plank and muntin partition with moulded muntins and two panel doors. There is a similar door leading to the stair, which has square newels and no balusters, with a winding stair leading to the first bay. The adjoining outbuilding has an opening on its northeast elevation and features a raised cruck truss.

Local climate

Hill Farmhouse and Adjoining Outbuilding sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 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 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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