Howe Top Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. Farmhouse. 14 related planning applications.

Howe Top Farmhouse

WRENN ID
crooked-quoin-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1974
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Howe Top Farmhouse, Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, LA22 9SF
OS grid reference
NY 343 067
Coordinates
54.4522, -3.01391
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 17th-century farmhouse constructed of whitewashed stone rubble, with a slate roof. The building features a gabled porch located off-centre, which has an open front and inner slate benches. Two casement windows, irregularly spaced, are present on each floor, set within older openings and featuring slate sills with dripstones above the ground-floor windows. A low rear wing extends from the farmhouse into a barn.

Local climate

Howe Top Farmhouse 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 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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 — 1 transaction since 2024
  • Related listed building consents — 14 applications
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  • 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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