Orrest Head House is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. House. 1 related planning application.
Orrest Head House
- WRENN ID
- low-eave-dawn
- 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
- House
- Address
- Orrest Head House, Kendal Road, Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, LA23 1JG
- OS grid reference
- SD 415 987
- Coordinates
- 54.38055, -2.90097
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orrest Head House is a 17th-century house with later alterations. It is constructed of stone rubble, rendered and colour-washed, with a slate roof. The house has two storeys. On the ground floor, there is a French door and four triple sash windows, all covered by an iron trellis verandah. Above are five sixteen-paned sash windows. The interior is said to contain woodwork dated 1671.
Local climate
Orrest Head House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2011
- 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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