Range of Buildings Immediately North East of Cross House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1990. Range of buildings.
Range of Buildings Immediately North East of Cross House Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- weathered-chalk-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1990
- Type
- Range of buildings
- Address
- Range of Buildings Immediately North East of Cross House Farmhouse, Main Street, Whicham, Cumberland, LA18 4NR
- OS grid reference
- SD 130 819
- Coordinates
- 54.2257, -3.33463
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The range of buildings immediately northeast of Cross House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed structure, likely dating from the early 19th century. It originally included a dwelling, storage area, threshing barn, and horse engine house. The buildings are constructed of random rubble and topped with a graduated Westmoreland slate roof.
The principal range runs parallel to the village street and features a former single-storey, single-unit cottage that has been rendered. This cottage includes one large 6-pane housed sash window from 1901 and a smaller 4-pane casement window to the left of the doorway. Adjacent to the cottage is a storage area with external stone steps leading to a doorway set beneath a small gable, along with two small openings that have brick-patched surrounds.
The threshing barn is characterized by a large wagon entrance located in a projecting extension beneath a catslide roof. Behind the threshing barn is the horse engine house, which retains its original roof. The entrance to this structure has been widened, with one jamb rebuilt in brick. It is believed that the horse operated under the gearing and machinery, making this example one of the earliest of its kind in the county. Cross House Farmhouse, dated 1901, is not included in this listing.
Local climate
Range of Buildings Immediately North East of Cross House Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,580 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 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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