Bowber Head (West House) is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 July 1985. House. 7 related planning applications.
Bowber Head (West House)
- WRENN ID
- tangled-marble-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 July 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bowber Head (West House), Low Lane, Ravenstonedale, Westmorland and Furness, CA17 4NL
- OS grid reference
- NY 740 031
- Coordinates
- 54.42341, -2.401
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bowber Head (West House) is a house believed to date from the 16th century, with its original thatched roof raised and the house extended in the 18th century. The main part of the house is constructed from wet-dashed rubble with rusticated quoins, while the extension and the northern return are made of coursed, squared rubble with quoins. It features a graduated slate roof with an outshut at the rear and stands 2 and a half storeys tall. The main house has a symmetrical three-bay facade, with a central glazed door flanked by sash windows on either side and three blocked attic windows located below the eaves. The single-bay southern extension includes fixed windows on both the ground and first floors. The extension is topped with stone copings and kneelers, and has rendered mid and end chimneys. There are outbuildings adjoining the southern return, but they are not of interest.
Local climate
Bowber Head (West House) sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,290 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% 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 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 43 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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