Wellington House is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. Former farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Wellington House
- WRENN ID
- sunken-ember-winter
- 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
- Former farmhouse
- Address
- Wellington House, Askham, Westmorland and Furness, CA10 2PG
- OS grid reference
- NY 512 236
- Coordinates
- 54.60555, -2.75663
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wellington House is a former farmhouse dating from the late 18th or early 19th century. It is constructed of mixed red and calciferous sandstone rubble, with the front elevation covered in painted incised render and V-jointed quoins. The roof is of graduated green slate, with chimney stacks of banded red sandstone. The house is two storeys high and has three bays. A central panelled door is set within a stone surround and sheltered by a pediment. Sash windows are set in painted stone surrounds.
Local climate
Wellington House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1996
- 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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