Low Brown Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. Farmhouse.

Low Brown Farmhouse

WRENN ID
graven-marble-weasel
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
Farmhouse
Address
Low Brown Farmhouse, Barton and Pooley Bridge, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
NY 486 254
Coordinates
54.62118, -2.79616
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Low Brown Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the early 18th century, with 19th-century extensions. It is constructed of stone rubble, with later parts featuring coursed stone and ashlar dressings, topped by a slate roof. The southeast elevation has two storeys and seven bays, with the first, sixth, and seventh bays being later additions. The second to fifth bays contain two-light windows with flat-faced mullions and fillets around the surrounds, while the fifth bay has a fire window. The first bay features a casement window on the ground floor, and the sixth and seventh bays have plain surrounds with 20-pane sash windows. The entrance is located between the fifth and sixth bays and includes a small-paned side light. There are two cross-axial stacks with coved cornices and a gable-end stack.

At the rear, there is an entrance with a stop-chamfered lintel inscribed with "E & HSH," a 20-pane sash window above, and similar windows in a two-bay lean-to outshut on the left. To the right is a four-bay outshut, with two bays under a catslide roof featuring small-paned casements and sash windows, and fillets around the surrounds. Additionally, there are two bays raised under a flat roof with 20th-century casements and an entrance.

Local climate

Low Brown Farmhouse 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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