Ben Fold is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. House. 3 related planning applications.
Ben Fold
- WRENN ID
- north-baluster-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ben Fold, Hawkshead, Westmorland and Furness, LA22 0PY
- OS grid reference
- SD 347 997
- Coordinates
- 54.38914, -3.00674
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, likely dating to the 17th or early 18th century. It is built with roughcast rendering and a slate roof. The house is situated on a hillside and comprises two bays. The northern bay is single-storied, while the southern bay has two stories. The north gable end features an entrance and a casement window, both sheltered by a dripstone; the original entrance was larger doors. The east elevation has a variety of window styles, including a small stair window in the centre. The south gable end has casement windows on both the ground and first floors, also with dripstones, and an entrance. The west elevation has casement windows in the second bay, with a small window to the right. A squat stack is located in the centre of the house, running perpendicular to the main axis. Inside, there are chamfered beams and a recess that once housed a spice cupboard. The northern bay retains a cruck truss roof structure, whereas the southern bay features a collar truss with a kingpost.
Local climate
Ben Fold sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,530 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 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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 — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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