High Cartmell Fold Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1989. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
High Cartmell Fold Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- floating-niche-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 April 1989
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- High Cartmell Fold Farmhouse, Crosthwaite and Lyth, Westmorland and Furness, LA8 8HS
- OS grid reference
- SD 445 914
- Coordinates
- 54.316, -2.85397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
High Cartmell Fold Farmhouse is a farmhouse dated 1722, as indicated by the datestone inscribed "LC/1722", with later alterations. It is constructed of roughcast stone rubble and features a slate roof. The building is two storeys high with two bays and has a central entrance plan. There is a dripstone over the ground floor. The windows are sashed, featuring vertical glazing bars and horns.
The gabled porch has a segmental-headed opening and an early 19th-century iron frame that supports climbing plants, adorned with an anthemion design. The porch includes a six-fielded panel door with two glazed panels and an original latch, with the datestone set in a recess above. The farmhouse has gable-end stacks, with the one on the right being corbelled.
On the right side, there is a wooden cross-mullioned window that has one intermediate bar and retains some leaded glazing. The rear of the building features casements and a later lean-to outshut. There is a single-storey wing on the right return that is of no special interest.
The interior has not been inspected, but it is reported to contain a staircase with slender turned balusters and a moulded handrail, ramped dog gates with wavy splats and finials stored in the attic, and a stair door with a wooden pull handle.
Local climate
High Cartmell Fold Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 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 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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