Helsfell Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 March 1984. Farmhouse.

Helsfell Farmhouse

WRENN ID
high-jade-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 March 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Helsfell Farmhouse, Strickland Ketel, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
SD 498 939
Coordinates
54.33828, -2.77357
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Helsfell Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the late 17th century, with some later alterations. The building has rendered walls and a graduated slate roof, featuring two circular chimney stacks. It is two storeys high and has an L-shaped plan, with the entrance located at the east end. The windows are mostly from the 19th century, but there is one notable three-light window with heavy timber mullions and pointed arched heads that probably dates from the late 18th century.

Local climate

Helsfell Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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