Barn Opposite of Low Rosthwaite Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1990. Barn.

Barn Opposite of Low Rosthwaite Farmhouse

WRENN ID
quiet-gargoyle-autumn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 March 1990
Type
Barn
Address
Barn Opposite of Low Rosthwaite Farmhouse, Broughton West, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
SD 240 899
Coordinates
54.29987, -3.16916
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a barn located opposite Low Rosthwaite Farmhouse, dating from 1782, as indicated by the round-headed datestone inscribed "W & AD/1782". The barn is constructed from coursed stone rubble and features a slate roof. It has a segmental-headed entrance for the barn, with a stable entrance to the right that includes a small window next to it. There are ventilation slots present on the building. The left side has an entrance and additional ventilation slots, while the right side features a first-floor entrance accessed by steps, with the datestone positioned above it. The rear of the barn has two entrances.

Local climate

Barn Opposite of Low Rosthwaite Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,610 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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