High Park Farmhouse and Outbuilding is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. A C17 Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

High Park Farmhouse and Outbuilding

WRENN ID
mired-gravel-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Type
Farmhouse
Address
High Park Farmhouse and Outbuilding, Skelwith, Westmorland and Furness, LA22 9NS
OS grid reference
NY 323 028
Coordinates
54.41697, -3.04439
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

High Park Farmhouse and its outbuilding are a house and outbuilding dating from the 17th century, with a kitchen wing added in the mid 18th century. The structure is built of painted stone rubble and has a slate roof. It is two storeys high and consists of three bays, with a lean-to outhouse on the left side. The windows feature slate dripcourses above and are casements. There is a central entrance with a slate gabled canopy and gable-end stacks. At the rear, the kitchen wing is connected to an outbuilding that includes an end barn, and there is a cross-axial stack serving the house. Inside, the partitions have fielded panels and a dado rail, while the beams above are adorned with dentilled cornices. One room contains a spice cupboard with a fielded-panel door. The staircase features stick balusters and rectangular newels, with a timber arch at the bottom. The property is owned by the National Trust and was a gift from Beatrix Potter.

Local climate

High Park Farmhouse and Outbuilding 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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