The Old House is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old House
- WRENN ID
- second-merlon-wren
- 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
- House
- Address
- The Old House, Smithy Brow, Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, LA22 9AS
- OS grid reference
- NY 376 046
- Coordinates
- 54.43353, -2.96278
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old House is a building likely dating from the early 18th century. It features roughcast over stone rubble and has a flagged roof. The structure has two low storeys and a large squat chimney. There is a centre gabled porch, and each floor has two windows—one with six panes, one with twelve panes, while the others are modern casements. The Old House is part of a group that includes The Golden Rule Hotel, North View, and Nos 1 to 3, as well as several other nearby cottages.
Local climate
The Old House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,530 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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