Scales Farmhouse and Attached Farm Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. Farmhouse.
Scales Farmhouse and Attached Farm Buildings
- WRENN ID
- slow-loggia-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1991
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Scales Farmhouse and Attached Farm Buildings, Askham, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 487 201
- Coordinates
- 54.57375, -2.79462
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Scales Farmhouse and attached farm buildings date back to 1763, as indicated by an inscribed lintel reading "Thos & Ann Dufton." The farmhouse is constructed from stone rubble, painted, and topped with a slate roof. The south elevation features two storeys and two bays, with a bank barn located to the right. An outbuilding forms a projecting wing to the left and extends to the rear. The house includes sashed windows with glazing bars and stone surrounds, along with a central entrance that has a six-fielded-panel door. The barn contains four cow house doors, with the first and third now converted into windows, as well as winnowing doors. It has a gable-end and a cross-axial stack. The wing features a large inserted sliding door. At the rear of the house, there is a continuous outshut under a catslide roof, which includes a window with a flat-faced mullion and transom, along with an entrance. The barn has an entrance in the cheeks, and the wing also has a cross-axial stack. Although the interior has not been inspected, it is reported to have a stone stair and a fireplace with a cornice, according to the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England notes.
Local climate
Scales Farmhouse and Attached Farm Buildings sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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