Fairladies Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1984. Cottage, house. 1 related planning application.

Fairladies Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn

WRENN ID
winter-pedestal-moon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1984
Type
Cottage, house
OS grid reference
NX 971 115
Coordinates
54.4887, -3.59
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fairladies Farmhouse and the adjoining barn form a single dwelling that dates to the late 18th century, as indicated by a coat of arms, although the building may have an earlier core. The arms, carved in relief on a panel above the former door to the original house, belong to James Spedding and his wife Elizabeth Harrington, who were married in 1779. The farmhouse is constructed from pebble-dashed rubble, while the barn features coursed, squared rubble with quoins and eaves moulding. Both structures have graduated slate roofs; the farmhouse has rendered mid and end chimneys, while the barn has stone copings and kneelers at the south end.

The two-storey farmhouse has six bays in total. A part-glazed door, originally leading to the cottage, is set under a gabled porch, flanked by 16-pane sash windows. A narrow 19th-century window with a hoodmould and label has replaced the original door to the house, and there is a late 18th-century window architrave to the right. Above, there are four sashes with glazing bars, and an additional lower bay has been added to the north end, featuring a single 16-pane sash on each floor. The adjoining barn, located at the south end, has an added porch for the wagon door and a hay loft door accessed by steps on the left.

Local climate

Fairladies Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,580 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% 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 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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