Bell Hill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1989. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Bell Hill Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- final-cinder-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1989
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Bell Hill Farmhouse, Drigg and Carleton, Cumberland, CA19 1YX
- OS grid reference
- SD 081 980
- Coordinates
- 54.36922, -3.41471
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bell Hill Farmhouse is a farmhouse dated 1768, as indicated by the inscription on the pediment. The building is constructed of roughcast stone and features a slate roof. It has two storeys and three bays, with a lower wing extending to the right. The gables, which were once coped, have kneelers. The windows have plain surrounds, with 20th-century casements replacing the original sashes. The central entrance has a plain surround and a pediment, leading to a glazed door. The wing includes a casement window, and there are three gable-end stacks.
Local climate
Bell Hill Farmhouse 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 1 transaction since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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