Causeway Farmhouse is a Grade II* listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. A Early Modern Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Causeway Farmhouse

WRENN ID
calm-turret-crimson
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 May 1950
Type
Farmhouse
Period
Early Modern
Address
Causeway Farmhouse, Windermere, Westmorland and Furness, LA23 1JT
OS grid reference
NY 415 000
Coordinates
54.39246, -2.9021
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Causeway Farmhouse is a building dating from 1834, with elements from the mid-17th century. It features lime-washed roughcast over stone rubble and has an old slate roof. The farmhouse is two low storeys high. On the left side, there is a wide gable with one modern window on each floor. The long wing to the right has four new windows on each floor and includes a gabled porch with an arched entrance. The interior is noted for its plasterwork dated 1658, a cupboard dated 1661, and a spiral stair with turned balusters. Barns are excluded from this description.

Local climate

Causeway Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,510 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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