Helton Head Farmhouse and Attached Barns is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. Farmhouse.

Helton Head Farmhouse and Attached Barns

WRENN ID
unlit-alcove-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1991
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Helton Head Farmhouse and Attached Barns, Askham, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
NY 503 217
Coordinates
54.58886, -2.77021
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Helton Head Farmhouse and attached barns date from the late 17th century, with later additions. The structure is built of stone rubble, with the house being roughcast, brick used for the stacks, and a slate roof. It has two storeys and four bays, with the fourth bay likely added later. The windows are sashed with glazing bars, although the first three windows on the first floor are smaller, featuring single glazing bars and horns. The entrance is located in the second bay. There are two cross-axial stacks and a gable-end stack made of stone with brick upper parts.

To the left, there is a two-storey outbuilding that extends back, which has a first-floor entrance accessed by steps and a cross-axial stack. A later barn at the rear features quoins and a hipped roof, with square ventilation holes. A similar barn forms the third side of the yard. The house includes a gabled rear wing with a gable-end stack. The interior, which has not been inspected, is reported to have 17th-century panelled partitions and other features.

Local climate

Helton Head Farmhouse and Attached Barns sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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