Farm Buildings Immediately to West of Witherslack Hall Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1962. Farm building.

Farm Buildings Immediately to West of Witherslack Hall Farmhouse

WRENN ID
moated-roof-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 February 1962
Type
Farm building
Address
Farm Buildings Immediately to West of Witherslack Hall Farmhouse, Meathop and Ulpha, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
SD 435 860
Coordinates
54.26656, -2.86794
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The farm buildings immediately to the west of Witherslack Hall Farmhouse are likely from the mid to late 19th century. They are constructed of dressed limestone with rock-faced dressings and slate roofs, although many have been replaced with corrugated iron. The buildings are arranged in a quadrangular plan with wings extending to the north and east.

The south elevation is single storey with five bays, where the fifth bay features two storeys under a gable. The windows have rock-faced mullions and lintels, arranged in a pattern of 3:3:2 lights. The fourth bay projects forward and includes a casement window, while the end bay has two-light windows. The south-west corner is canted.

The two-storey east elevation has a central passage, with stable doors on either side that have loading doors above them, and windows featuring louvred openings above. The two-storey west elevation includes a gabled first bay with three-light windows and a projecting entrance with paired doors in the second bay. There are four windows and pitching holes flanking the loading door.

The two-storey north elevation has some three-light windows, and there are single storey east and north ranges that form a small courtyard with large openings. The east wing, which is two storeys, has large entrances, while a small single storey projection extends to the south and an even smaller single storey projection extends to the east. The courtyard features an outshut with a catslide roof to the east, along with a gable over a former entrance. The east range includes stabling and loose boxes, while the outshut and south range contain cowhouses.

Local climate

Farm Buildings Immediately to West of Witherslack Hall Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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