Holeslack is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1983. House.
Holeslack
- WRENN ID
- floating-ember-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Holeslack, Helsington, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- SD 492 884
- Coordinates
- 54.28884, -2.78176
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holeslack is a house dating from the 17th century, with later alterations and additions. It has rendered walls and a graduated slate roof. There are three chimney stacks: the left stack has a single round shaft, the right has paired round shafts, both from the 19th century, while the central round stack is larger and likely original. The building has an L-shaped plan with a later extension on the right side. It features a gabled porch with a finial, one sash window to the left, and three sash windows to the right. The upper floor has five sash windows. The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments suggests that the house was originally the dower house for Sizergh Castle, though this is not supported by records. According to Nicholson and Burn in "The History and Antiquities of the Counties of Westmorland and Cumberland, Volume I," the owner in 1726 was John Jackson, a gentleman and the founder of the Chapel of Helsington.
Local climate
Holeslack sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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