Barn End High House is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1986. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Barn End High House

WRENN ID
sacred-plaster-summer
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 January 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Barn End High House, Caldbeck, Cumberland, CA7 8JY
OS grid reference
NY 342 370
Coordinates
54.72406, -3.02307
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A farmhouse and barn, now converted into two houses, dating probably from the mid-17th century with a barn built in the 18th century. The construction combines limestone and cobble rubble, topped with a graduated greenslate roof and stone ridge chimney stacks. “High House” is two storeys high and comprises four bays, with a single-bay extension to the left. “Barn End” has two bays, all under a shared roof, with a lower former barn adjoining to the right. The front of High House features a plank door within a chamfered stone surround. It has two-light, chamfered stone-mullioned windows, two of which have had their mullions removed. A 19th-century sash window sits above the entrance, and there is a 20th-century window to the right. The extension has a blocked doorway with a two-light opening and a 20th-century two-light window above. Barn End has a plank door within a 20th-century surround, dated and inscribed C.C. B.H. 1977. Above this door is a small, chamfered-surround window, and to the right is a two-light stone-mullioned window, accompanied by a similar window below where the mullion has been removed. The barn itself has two doorways and a plank door at one end. At the rear of High House, there's a contemporary stair projection with small chamfered openings. At the rear of Barn End are a two-light stone-mullioned window and a similar window below, the second of which has its mullion removed. The rear of the barn has slit vents.

Local climate

Barn End High House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • 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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