Lunds Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1984. Farmhouse.
Lunds Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- old-stronghold-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Lunds Farmhouse, Dent, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- SD 694 887
- Coordinates
- 54.29356, -2.47068
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lunds Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the late 17th century and has been altered over time. It is constructed of random rubble with quoins, and the front is whitewashed. The building has a stone slate roof and features a single-depth, two-unit plan oriented on an east-west axis, facing south. To the right, there is a gabled rear wing that contains a staircase and dairy, along with an added lean-to in the rear angle.
The exterior consists of two low storeys and four windows. In the center, there is a large single-storey gabled porch with a square-headed doorway that has a simple hoodmould, a board door, and stone side benches. To the left of the porch is an unusual stepped three-light window in a Venetian style, featuring chamfered mullions and a round-headed center light with medallion spandrels, along with a thin hoodmould that steps over it. To the right, there is a square six-pane sash window and a narrow four-pane casement window, which serves as the fire-window. On the first floor, there is a two-light casement and a six-pane sash window to the left, and a similar casement and a narrow six-pane window to the right. A very prominent extruded chimney stack is located at the left gable, adorned with two stone slate bands and a cornice, while there is a gable chimney to the right. The left gable wall features a small chamfered one-light window near the front corner. At the rear, the gable of the wing has a narrow six-pane stair-window, and the lean-to has a corrugated iron roof.
Inside, the housepart is located to the right and the parlour to the left. A lateral stone partition wall has been inserted in the housepart to create an entrance hall. There are two large lateral beams in the housepart, with the second beam formerly serving as the smokehood bressumer. The first beam has stop-chamfered joists on both sides, with those on the left passing through the partition wall. A similar beam and joists can be found in the parlour. The staircase is dog-legged with slender turned balusters, and there is an 18th-century panelled door in the chamber above the housepart.
Local climate
Lunds Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 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 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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