Near Orrest Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. A C16 Farmhouse.
Near Orrest Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- sombre-lancet-soot
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1950
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Near Orrest Farmhouse, Windermere, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 418 002
- Coordinates
- 54.39406, -2.89646
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Near Orrest Farmhouse is a building that dates back to 1834, with origins in the 16th century and alterations around 1700. It features a roughcast exterior and an old slate roof, characterized by round chimneys and very low proportions. The structure is two storeys high, with a wide low gable on the right side that has two 6-paned sash windows on each floor. To the left, there is a long wing with two windows on the upper floor and four on the lower floor, which are irregularly spaced. The roof extends over a barn and shippons to the left, and it also projects at right angles from the left end, featuring arrow slits and a drying canopy over the ground floor. The interior reportedly includes a cupboard dated 1701.
Local climate
Near Orrest Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,510 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 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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