Walton High Rigg is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 April 1957. Farmhouse.
Walton High Rigg
- WRENN ID
- long-lantern-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1957
- Type
- Farmhouse
- OS grid reference
- NY 526 656
- Coordinates
- 54.9832, -2.74078
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Walton High Rigg is a farmhouse dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of red sandstone ashlar, featuring raised quoins and a dentilled cornice. The roof is made of green slate with coped gables and brick chimney stacks. The building has two storeys and consists of four bays. The entrance is a 20th-century glazed door, which has an alternate block surround with V-shaped joints and a flat arch. The sash windows, which include glazing bars, have plain raised surrounds. The listing does not include a two-storey, single-bay extension to the left or any other outbuildings.
Local climate
Walton High Rigg sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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