High Side Farmhouse 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. 1 related planning application.
High Side Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn
- WRENN ID
- north-gravel-ochre
- 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
- Address
- High Side Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn, CA12 4QG
- OS grid reference
- NY 234 306
- Coordinates
- 54.66468, -3.18784
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
High Side Farmhouse and adjoining barn date from the 17th century, with 19th-century alterations. The farmhouse is inscribed above the entrance with the initials "R. & E.G." and the date 1668, referring to Robert and Elizabeth Gregg. The farmhouse has roughcast walls and a green slate roof, with brick chimney stacks. The barn is constructed of mixed rubble with flush quoins. The farmhouse and barn are under a common roof, spanning three bays.
The farmhouse entrance features a 20th-century plank door within a doorcase composed of engaged columns with carved diamond capitals, an inscribed lintel, and a cornice. Sash windows are set within painted stone surrounds, with drip moulds on those either side of the entrance. The barn has a plank door within an alternate-block surround beneath a Tudor lintel. A similar doorway sits to the extreme left, partially concealed by a shippon. Further later doorways are present, along with a loft doorway and small openings with chamfered surrounds.
Inside the farmhouse, a segmental stone-arched inglenook is notable, along with a panelled salt cupboard and a recess for a spice cupboard. Deeds for the property, dating from 1567 to 1717 (D/Ken/5/2), are held by the Cumbria County Record Office.
Local climate
High Side Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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