Millbeck Hall and Adjoining Barn is a Grade II* listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1967. Farmhouse, barn. 6 related planning applications.

Millbeck Hall and Adjoining Barn

WRENN ID
eastward-rubble-cream
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 March 1967
Type
Farmhouse, barn
Address
Millbeck Hall and Adjoining Barn, CA12 4PS
OS grid reference
NY 255 260
Coordinates
54.62438, -3.15392
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Millbeck Hall and the adjoining barn are a farmhouse and barn dated 1592, located in Underskiddaw. The building features roughcast walls and a graduated greenslate roof with brick chimney stacks. It is two storeys high and consists of five bays, with a contemporary single-bay wing to the left rear and a two-bay barn to the right, creating an overall L-shape. The façade includes 2- and 3-light chamfered stone-mullioned windows and smaller fire windows on both floors to the right. There are two windows that have been replaced with 20th-century casements in enlarged surrounds.

At the rear, there is a replacement studded plank door set in a Tudor-style surround under a shaped lintel, which is inscribed with the words "QVORSUM M.W. VIVERE MORI, MORI VIVERE NICHOLAS WILLIAMSON" (whither are we going, to live is to die, to die is to live eternally). The rear also features 2-light chamfered stone-mullioned windows, similar to those in the wing. A left plank door leads to a ramp and steps that access a loft doorway.

The barn has openings with plain reveals and doorways on the side and rear. It is believed to incorporate remains of a 15th-century fortified tower, which includes a newel staircase within the thickness of the wall, although this is concealed by roughcast. Millbeck Hall is noted as the birthplace of Sir Joseph Williamson, a 17th-century Secretary of State.

Local climate

Millbeck Hall and Adjoining Barn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2008
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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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