The Height and Former Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1986. Farmhouse, barn.

The Height and Former Barn

WRENN ID
waning-tower-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 January 1986
Type
Farmhouse, barn
Address
The Height and Former Barn, Westward
OS grid reference
NY 310 477
Coordinates
54.81957, -3.07427
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Height and former barn is a farmhouse and former barn dating from the early 19th century. It features incised stucco with V-jointed painted quoins and has a graduated hipped greenslate roof with stucco chimney stacks. The building is two storeys high and consists of three bays, with a lower L-shaped extension at the rear. The main entrance includes a four-panel door beneath a radial fanlight, set within a Tuscan doorcase. The sash windows, which have glazing bars, are framed by painted stone surrounds. The extension also has sash windows in painted stone surrounds, with smaller windows located at the extreme right. The former barn, which is positioned at right angles to the farmhouse, has blocked doorways and openings. A further barn on the property is not of interest.

Local climate

The Height and Former Barn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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