Folly East of Whoof House is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Folly.
Folly East of Whoof House
- WRENN ID
- long-gargoyle-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Folly
- Address
- Folly East of Whoof House, Wetheral
- OS grid reference
- NY 445 563
- Coordinates
- 54.899, -2.86665
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The folly east of Whoof House is a structure that was originally an east window from Arthuret Church, dating from either 1610 or between 1650 and 1675. It was rebuilt in the grounds of Whoof House in 1868. The folly features a brick base, red sandstone buttresses, and a freestone surround with tracery. The window consists of six lights, divided into two sections by a central mullion. Each section has intersecting tracery heads and a large oval at the top of the arch. This structure is illustrated in Pevsner's "Buildings of England" (Cumberland and Westmorland volume), page 199, plate 43, as well as in works by Bulman and Frith.
Local climate
Folly East of Whoof House 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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