Low Mill Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn/Byres is a Grade II* listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 January 1985. A Post-Medieval Farmhouse.

Low Mill Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn/Byres

WRENN ID
broken-truss-willow
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 January 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Period
Post-Medieval
OS grid reference
NY 368 324
Coordinates
54.68306, -2.98121
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Low Mill Farmhouse and the adjoining barn/byres date back to 1611, as indicated by the inscription over the rear entrance, which reads E.G. M.G. 1611 T.G., linked to the Greenhow family. The building features painted roughcast walls beneath a 20th-century greenslate roof and has a brick chimney stack. It is two storeys high and consists of four bays, with a single-bay byre to the left under a common roof. There is also a right-angled two-storey, single-bay extension to the rear and a right-angled two-bay barn at the back, creating an overall U-shape.

The farmhouse has a blocked entrance and ground floor windows with chamfered surrounds, although the original stone mullions have been removed. These windows are all topped with a continuous hoodmould. The upper-floor windows are larger and also feature chamfered surrounds. The former byre on the left has a 20th-century door and windows. The rear entrance boasts a Tudor-arched chamfered surround with an inscribed frieze beneath a hoodmould. The rear extension retains original small chamfered-surround windows. The barn includes chamfered-surround entrances and loft, along with a 20th-century window.

Inside, the rear door has a drawbar tunnel with a drawbar stilt. All interior doorways are framed with chamfered stone surrounds under Tudor arches. There is a stone-arched inglenook with a heck partition and beamed ceilings. This farmhouse is notable as an early example for the area and retains an unaltered interior.

Local climate

Low Mill Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn/Byres sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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