High House and Adjoining Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1984. Farmhouse and barn.

High House and Adjoining Barn

WRENN ID
dusk-banister-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 June 1984
Type
Farmhouse and barn
OS grid reference
NY 603 655
Coordinates
54.98293, -2.62032
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

High House and the adjoining barn are a farmhouse and barn dated 1677, as noted on the lintel stone from the house that has been incorporated into the barn. The initials E(&)A.A. on the stone refer to Edward and Anna Armstrong. The front wall is incised and rendered, while the rear is made of whitewashed sandstone rubble. The building features a Welsh slate roof and 19th-century stone chimney stacks.

The structure is two storeys high and consists of three bays, with a two-bay extension under a common roof to the left and a barn positioned at right angles to the rear. The central ground floor window is a 20th-century replacement for what was likely the original entrance. To the left, there is an enlarged 19th-century window, and to the right, a small original window remains. The upper floor windows are 20th-century casements set within original chamfered surrounds, while the extension has 20th-century windows as well.

A single-storey extension at the rear is constructed from stone sourced from the nearby Roman Wall. The barn is also built from Roman Wall stone and has a Welsh slate roof. It features a large cart entrance with a plank door to the left, a central half plank door with slit vents above, and an entrance to the right that includes a reused moulded architrave along with a dated and inscribed lintel. The listing excludes other outbuildings.

Local climate

High House and Adjoining Barn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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