Rookin House and Attached Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. Farmhouse.
Rookin House and Attached Barn
- WRENN ID
- spare-tin-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1991
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Rookin House and Attached Barn, A5091, Matterdale, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 381 253
- Coordinates
- 54.61963, -2.95907
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rookin House and the attached barn are a farmhouse and barn dating from the mid-18th century, with later additions. The buildings are constructed of stone rubble with ashlar dressings and feature a steeply pitched slate roof. The southeast elevation has two storeys and five bays, with the fifth bay being recessed and lower due to it being a later addition. The windows have plain stone surrounds and are sash windows with single glazing bars. The second bay includes an entrance with a Gibbs surround, a pulvinated frieze, and a pediment, leading to a studded door. There is a 20th-century re-entrant porch at the fifth bay. Gable-end stacks are present, and a single-storey bay on the left connects to the barn, which is now used for stabling and other purposes. The barn features two entrances, one with a timber lintel and a glazed timber infill set back behind the barn entrance opening, along with an inserted window. The rear elevation has a small gabled projection and varied window styles. Inside, there are chamfered beams, fielded panel doors, and cupboards flanking the fireplace, although the lower parts are missing. The fireplace has a deep cornice and a gun rack above it. The cupboard doors, which may have been relocated, feature fielded panels, with the upper ones shaped. The staircase includes turned balusters, square newels, and moulded handrails.
Local climate
Rookin House and Attached Barn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 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 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 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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