Blackford Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1984. Farmhouse.

Blackford Farmhouse

WRENN ID
night-kitchen-birch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Blackford Farmhouse, Westlinton
OS grid reference
NY 396 616
Coordinates
54.94628, -2.94385
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Blackford Farmhouse is a late 18th-century farmhouse constructed from hammer-dressed red sandstone. It features a chamfered plinth and large quoins, with a 20th-century tiled roof and a rebuilt brick chimney stack. The building is two storeys high and consists of three bays. A 20th-century top-glazed door is framed by a plain raised stone surround. The sash windows, which have glazing bars, are also adorned with plain-raised painted stone surrounds.

Local climate

Blackford Farmhouse 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 51 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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