Building to West of Hoathwaite Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. House.

Building to West of Hoathwaite Farmhouse

WRENN ID
pale-eave-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
Building to West of Hoathwaite Farmhouse, Torver, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
SD 295 949
Coordinates
54.34488, -3.08511
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building, located to the west of Hoathwaite Farmhouse, is an early 17th-century house that has been converted into an outbuilding. It is constructed of stone rubble and features a slate roof. The structure is L-shaped, with one storey and an attic. The south wing includes two windows, one of which is partially blocked, along with a central entrance. The east elevation has two entrances and a pitching hole. Inside, there are two upper cruck trusses, a blocked fire window, and three wooden chamfered-mullioned windows with intermediate bars, which are also blocked. The staircase has oak treads, and the first floor is fitted with wide floorboards and stud and plaster partitions. The property is owned by the National Trust, which has compiled a survey report on it.

Local climate

Building to West of Hoathwaite Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,600 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, 14 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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