Dixon Ground Farmhouse and Outbuilding is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Dixon Ground Farmhouse and Outbuilding
- WRENN ID
- solitary-doorway-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Dixon Ground Farmhouse and Outbuilding, Coniston, South Lakeland, LA21 8HQ
- OS grid reference
- SD 299 976
- Coordinates
- 54.36959, -3.07925
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dixion Ground Farmhouse and outbuilding is a farmhouse dating to the 18th century, with a slate datestone inscribed "IBM/1762". The farmhouse is roughcast and has slate roofs. It is two storeys high and comprises four bays, with the first two bays lower, originally functioning as stables. Dripstones are present above the ground floor windows. The house has sash windows with vertical glazing bars; the stables have smaller, fixed-pane windows on the ground floor. The entrance features a cast iron, decorative, gabled porch, with a datestone above featuring scrollwork. Gable-end stacks are visible on the house. At the rear of the house, a projecting second bay features a gabled dormer window, and a 12-panel door is present. A lean-to outshut is attached to the first bay. The interior includes a plank and muntin partition with fielded panels.
Local climate
Dixon Ground Farmhouse and Outbuilding sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,550 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 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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 — 1 transaction since 2004
- 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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