Becklands is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1984. House, farmhouse.
Becklands
- WRENN ID
- calm-niche-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 January 1984
- Type
- House, farmhouse
- Address
- Becklands, Rockcliffe
- OS grid reference
- NY 363 613
- Coordinates
- 54.94315, -2.9947
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Becklands is a house that was formerly a farmhouse, built in the late 18th century or early 19th century. It features brick walls and a graduated slate roof with coped gables and kneelers, along with brick chimney stacks. The building has two storeys and three bays, with an extension of two bays under a common roof. The entrance includes a six-panel door and a radial fanlight, framed by pilaster strips and an open moulded pediment. The sash windows, which have glazing bars, are topped with flat brick arches and sit on stone sills. The listing does not include any outbuildings.
Local climate
Becklands sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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