Helm Farmhouse, and Helm Farm Cottage, with Attached Barn is a Grade II* listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. Farmhouse.
Helm Farmhouse, and Helm Farm Cottage, with Attached Barn
- WRENN ID
- sheer-chimney-hazel
- 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
- OS grid reference
- SD 412 969
- Coordinates
- 54.36501, -2.90512
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Helm Farmhouse and Helm Farm Cottage, with an attached barn, were built in 1834. The farmhouse features a date of 1692 marked "I.M.D" on the rear gable. The exterior is little-washed and pebble-dashed over stone rubble, topped with a roof of old traded slates and an oval chimney. The building is two storeys high and has an L-shaped plan, with a dwelling in each wing. It includes small-paned leaded casement windows with 3, 4, and 5 lights, wood mullions, and slate dripstones. There is a lean-to porch at the inner angle of the L, supported by a timber post, which features a balustraded balcony above the ground floor door. Bee boles are present in the wall beside the porch. The staircase wing is located at the outer angle of the L, while a stone barn occupies the third side of the square, attached to the farmhouse.
Local climate
Helm Farmhouse, and Helm Farm Cottage, with Attached Barn 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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