Barn to East of Low House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1983. Barn.

Barn to East of Low House Farmhouse

WRENN ID
twisted-lead-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 November 1983
Type
Barn
Address
Barn to East of Low House Farmhouse, Whetstone Lane, Helsington, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
SD 497 894
Coordinates
54.29857, -2.77408
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn to the east of Low House Farmhouse is probably from the 18th century. It is a bank barn constructed with limestone rubble walls and a green slate roof. There is a cart entrance on the roadside. This building is included in the listing for its group value with the nearby farmhouse.

Local climate

Barn to East of Low House Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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