Old Hall Farmhouse and Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 July 1987. A C18 Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Old Hall Farmhouse and Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gilded-niche-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 July 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Old Hall Farmhouse and Cottage, Colton, Westmorland and Furness, LA12 8JA
- OS grid reference
- SD 325 855
- Coordinates
- 54.26135, -3.0369
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Hall Farmhouse and Cottage are two houses dating from the 18th century. They are constructed of roughcast stone and topped with a slate roof. The buildings rise to three storeys and feature three bays. The windows are sashed with glazing bars; the first bay on the ground floor has paired sashes, while the second and third bays on the first floor have sashed windows without glazing bars and include horns. The entrance is located in the first bay. There are gable-end stacks and a cross-axial stack. The right side of the building has a two-storey wing with three bays adjacent to the gable end. The first bay of this wing has casement windows, while the other windows are sashed with glazing bars. There is a gable-end entrance. The rear of the building includes a re-entrant block and a 20th-century casement window, along with a cross-axial stack and a gable-end stack. Inside, there is a staircase featuring turned balusters, square newels, and a moulded handrail, along with some two-panel doors that have bolection moulding.
Local climate
Old Hall Farmhouse and Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,570 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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 1 transaction since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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