High Trees East Farmhouse and Adjoining Cart Shed and Store is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1985. House.

High Trees East Farmhouse and Adjoining Cart Shed and Store

WRENN ID
floating-bastion-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 January 1985
Type
House
OS grid reference
NY 082 199
Coordinates
54.56661, -3.42083
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

High Trees East Farmhouse and the adjoining cart shed and store is a house likely built in the late 17th century or early 18th century, with later additions and alterations. The building is constructed from pebble-dashed rubble and features graduated slate roofs, with the cart shed having a lower roof. There are rendered end chimneys, and both the house and store share the same roof. The structure is two storeys high with four bays overall, while the cart shed is a single tall storey with three bays.

The house has a central 20th-century door with a sash window to the right, which is located under a continuous hoodmould. There is a casement window to the left and three sash windows above, all featuring glazing bars set in stone surrounds. The store has a small fixed window to the right, and the cart shed has a segment-headed wagon door to the left.

Local climate

High Trees East Farmhouse and Adjoining Cart Shed and Store sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,510 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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