High Cark Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1987. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
High Cark Hall
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-gateway-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- High Cark Hall, Field Broughton, Grange Over Sands, Staveley-In-Cartmel, Westmorland and Furness, LA11 6HS
- OS grid reference
- SD 379 823
- Coordinates
- 54.2335, -2.95296
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
High Cark Hall is a late 17th-century farmhouse constructed of roughcast stone with a slate roof. The original building comprised four bays, with a lower two-bay section added to the left. A dripstone runs along the first-floor windows. The windows are double-chamfered cross-mullioned; the ground-floor windows have label moulds extending continuously across the first two bays. The central entrance is distinguished by a decorated lintel bearing the initials 'RAM', and is topped with a 19th-century panelled door. Gable-end stacks are present. To the left, two entrances are provided, one with steps, and a small window is located on the first floor. A return lean-to extension features a 20th-century casement window.
The rear elevation includes a gabled wing with small stair windows and a 20th-century casement window to the left. The lower right section has 20th-century casements on the ground floor and a small first-floor window.
The interior of the farmhouse features ovolo-moulded beams. The staircase has turned balusters, although these are missing from the first flight, alongside square newels and a moulded handrail. A fireplace includes a bressumer, spice cupboard, and fire crane. The lower section is believed to retain an upper cruck truss. Group value derives from its representation of a traditional rural dwelling.
Local climate
High Cark Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 2011
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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