The Brow is a Grade II* listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. House.
The Brow
- WRENN ID
- solemn-vestry-swift
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1970
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Brow, Skelwith, Westmorland and Furness, LA22 0HU
- OS grid reference
- NY 343 027
- Coordinates
- 54.41591, -3.01276
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Brow is a house dating from the late 17th century, constructed of painted stone rubble and topped with a slate roof. The building has two storeys and two bays. The windows feature casements, with a fire window to the left and a central flat-topped half-dormer. The entrance is plain, and there are gable-end stacks. The right side of the house has an entrance and a window with a two-light wooden chamfered-mullioned frame, while a similar window is found on the left side. A 19th-century rear extension includes sashed windows and large paired doors.
Inside, the first floor reveals two exposed cruck trusses. The fireplace includes a spice cupboard with a door inscribed "TM 1689," along with another cupboard on the side wall. There is a stud and plaster partition, with the plaster panels featuring simple line borders and traces of a similar pattern above the fireplace bressummer. A spiral stone stair is present, and the first floor also has plank and muntin partitions with two-panel doors.
Local climate
The Brow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,530 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% 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 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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 — 3 transactions since 1996
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