Hart Head is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. House. 1 related planning application.
Hart Head
- WRENN ID
- young-mantel-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Hart Head, Lakes, Westmorland and Furness, LA22 9LT
- OS grid reference
- NY 364 064
- Coordinates
- 54.44923, -2.98225
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hart Head is a house dating to the 17th century. It is built with roughcast over stone rubble, and has a slate roof with round and diagonal chimneys. The house is two storeys high, and now has modern windows. For group notes, please see the general group description under Rydal.
Local climate
Hart Head 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2002
- 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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