Low House and Adjoining Barn Forming Part of the House is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1985. Farmhouse, barn.
Low House and Adjoining Barn Forming Part of the House
- WRENN ID
- young-gallery-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 August 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse, barn
- OS grid reference
- NY 156 224
- Coordinates
- 54.59052, -3.30755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Low House and the adjoining barn, which now forms part of the house, is a farmhouse and barn that dates back to 1773, with earlier elements from 1740. The barn retains a doorway inscribed with "J.G.W. 1740" carved in wood, while the present house has an inscription over the entrance reading "J. & S.W. 1773." The exterior features painted incised stucco with angle pilasters and an eaves cornice, topped by a graduated greenslate roof with rendered chimney stacks. The building is two storeys high and consists of three bays, with a single-bay extension at right angles on the right side and a long lower barn to the left, creating an overall L-shape. The entrance includes a top-glazed panelled door beneath a patterned fanlight, framed by a pilastered surround and a segmental pediment that encloses the inscription. There are sash windows set in painted stone architraves. The barn has a plank door in a painted stone architrave beneath an inscribed lintel, with additional sash windows in painted stone surrounds located near the house. The barn extension to the left is not of interest.
Local climate
Low House and Adjoining Barn Forming Part of the House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,470 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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