Low Rosthwaite Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1990. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Low Rosthwaite Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- first-span-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 March 1990
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Low Rosthwaite Farmhouse, Broughton West, Westmorland and Furness, LA20 6AG
- OS grid reference
- SD 240 900
- Coordinates
- 54.30018, -3.16919
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Low Rosthwaite Farmhouse is an 18th-century farmhouse with a roof that was raised in the 19th century. It is constructed of roughcast stone and has a slate roof. The southeast elevation features two storeys and three bays, with a lean-to outshut on the left side. The ground floor includes windows with small-paned casements, and the window in the first bay has a mullion. The outshut also has a casement window. On the first floor, there are sashed windows with vertical glazing bars. There are entrances to the outshut and the second bay, and gable-end stacks are present. An outshut is located at the rear of the building.
Local climate
Low Rosthwaite Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,610 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 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2007
- 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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