John Peel Farm (Not to Be Confused with John Peel Farmhouse on Former List) is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1986. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
John Peel Farm (Not to Be Confused with John Peel Farmhouse on Former List)
- WRENN ID
- vacant-brick-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- John Peel Farm (Not to Be Confused with John Peel Farmhouse on Former List), Caldbeck, Cumberland, CA7 8HJ
- OS grid reference
- NY 297 387
- Coordinates
- 54.73864, -3.09251
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
John Peel Farm is a farmhouse that has been converted into a private house, likely dating from the early 18th century. It features whitewashed rendered walls over a mix of limestone rubble, with painted angle pilasters. The roof is made of graduated greenslate and has a stone chimney stack. The building is two storeys high and consists of two bays. It has 20th-century casement windows that are set in original chamfered surrounds, with the ground floor right window in a 19th-century surround. The entrance on the right side has a 20th-century door within an original painted chamfered surround. Inside, there is a beamed ceiling on the ground floor and stone stairs leading from the kitchen to the bedrooms. This farmhouse is included for its group value with John Peel Cottage and its historical connections to John Peel.
Local climate
John Peel Farm (Not to Be Confused with John Peel Farmhouse on Former List) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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.
- No sale records on file
- 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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