Brathay Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. A C18 House, training centre. 3 related planning applications.

Brathay Hall

WRENN ID
second-lead-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1970
Type
House, training centre
Address
Brathay Hall, B 5286, Skelwith, Westmorland and Furness, LA22 0HP
OS grid reference
NY 366 031
Coordinates
54.41946, -2.97767
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Brathay Hall is a late 18th-century house that now serves as a training centre. It is built of ashlar stone with plastered returns and a rear, featuring hipped slate roofs. The main section of the building has three storeys and five bays, with one-storey wings on either side that include an attic and three bays. There is a band above the ground floor and a sill band at the first floor, along with a top cornice. The wings also have a top cornice and a blocking course.

The windows are sashed, featuring glazing bars and margin lights. The wing on the right has French windows beside a blind window, while both wings have small attic lights beneath the cornice. The entrance features a glazed doorcase with a four-fielded-panel door, and a bowed porch supported by four unfluted Doric columns with leaf capitals, a frieze, cornice, and blocking course.

On the right side of the building, there are three bays, with the central bay recessed and the flanking bays featuring tripartite windows with segmental tympana. The left side has later extensions that are of no special interest. At the rear, there is a central bowed bay with a tripartite stair window and projecting wings. The wings have gable end stacks, while the central section has lateral stacks.

Inside, there is an open-well flying stair with stick balusters, along with some remaining cornices and fireplaces. The Founder's room features plaster panelling, a dado rail, and a cornice decorated with vases and swags. The fireplace in this room has columns and a cast iron grate, with angle pilasters at the window.

Local climate

Brathay Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,530 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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