Low Arnside Farmhouse and Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Farmhouse, barn.

Low Arnside Farmhouse and Barn

WRENN ID
muted-moat-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Type
Farmhouse, barn
Address
Low Arnside Farmhouse and Barn, Skelwith, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
NY 333 019
Coordinates
54.40821, -3.02824
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Low Arnside Farmhouse and Barn is a house and barn dating from the early 18th century. The farmhouse is constructed of painted stone with a slate roof, while the barn remains unpainted. The farmhouse is two storeys high and consists of three bays. The windows feature two- and three-light wooden mullioned frames that are chamfered on the inside, with iron opening lights and slate dripcourses above. There is a fire window to the right of the entrance, which is sheltered by a slate gabled canopy. The gable ends have stacks.

The barn includes a cow house with an entrance and a window beneath a projecting slate course, along with pivoted barn doors. At the rear of the farmhouse, there is a lean-to extension, and a two-light wooden mullion frame window in the original back wall, which is plastered on the inside. The rear of the barn has a blocked winnowing door and barn doors leading to the cow house.

Inside the farmhouse, there are chamfered beams and a fireplace bressummer, along with two cupboards in the fireplace, one of which has a door. A plank and muntin partition features cupboard doors, and there are wide boarded doors. The barn has hewn trusses and a small rounded projection in the house wall, which is likely a bread oven. The property is owned by the National Trust, a gift from Beatrix Potter.

Local climate

Low Arnside Farmhouse and Barn 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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