Orrest Head Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1973. Farmhouse.
Orrest Head Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- cold-frieze-finch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1973
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Orrest Head Farmhouse, Kendal Road, Windermere, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- SD 415 986
- Coordinates
- 54.37958, -2.90066
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orrest Head Farmhouse, built in 1834, is a 17th-century structure located on Kendal Road. The farmhouse is constructed of roughcast stone rubble and features an old graded slate roof. It has two low storeys and a Latin cross plan with thick walls. The windows are modern but set in old openings. At the rear, there is a lean-to porch situated in the angle, and a long range of stone barns with external stairs forms the long arm of the cross. The building has a chimney at the crossing and additional chimneys on the gable ends. It is said to contain remains of crucks inside, and the south-east wing is a later addition.
Local climate
Orrest Head 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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