Cove Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn and Smithy is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. House, barn, smithy.
Cove Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn and Smithy
- WRENN ID
- moated-spindle-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1991
- Type
- House, barn, smithy
- Address
- Cove Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn and Smithy, CA11 0LS
- OS grid reference
- NY 430 236
- Coordinates
- 54.60441, -2.88279
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cove Farmhouse, along with its adjoining barn and smithy, is a house and outbuildings dating from the late 17th century, with alterations and additions made in the 18th century. The former right side of the house features an inscription that reads "1W 1600," while the entrance to the barn has a lintel inscribed with "1752 JW." The building is constructed of roughcast stone with ashlar dressings and has a slate roof.
The southeast facade is two storeys high and consists of three bays. The windows have plain surrounds and are sashed with glazing bars, except for the third bay on the ground floor, which has three lights with recessed flat-faced mullions that are chamfered on the inside, and casements. The plain entrance in the second bay features a studded door. The barn to the right has an entrance next to the house with a dated keyed lintel, along with inserted windows and a winnowing door. A gabled wing at the end has ventilation slots.
The former smithy is attached to the left angle of the farmhouse and projects forward under gables, with an entrance and window opening on the right side. The right return includes a barn entrance in the cheeks. The rear of the property has a gabled wing that was formerly a separate cottage, along with a 20th-century open-fronted shed attached to the barn. Inside the barn, there is an infilled barn entrance, an upper cruck truss, three collar trusses, one strut truss, and one triangular truss.
Local climate
Cove Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn and Smithy sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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