Limes Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. Farmhouse, barn. 10 related planning applications.
Limes Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn
- WRENN ID
- far-footing-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse, barn
- Address
- Limes Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn, CA7 0DP
- OS grid reference
- NY 215 498
- Coordinates
- 54.83707, -3.22289
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Limes Farmhouse is a late 17th-century farmhouse with alterations, dated and inscribed over the entrance as J & J.W. 1730. It is joined to an adjoining barn under a common roof. The farmhouse is constructed of whitewashed clay walls, repaired and raised with stone, and has a graduated greenslate roof with a brick chimney stack. It is two storeys high and has two bays. The cross-passage entrance is defined by a rebated chamfered surround under a shaped dated lintel. Sash windows with glazing bars are set within painted stone surrounds, with a double sash window to the left of the entrance. The barn has an enlarged garage entrance.
Local climate
Limes Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% 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 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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