Borrans Hill Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1967. Farmhouse, barn.

Borrans Hill Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn

WRENN ID
western-quoin-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 April 1967
Type
Farmhouse, barn
OS grid reference
NY 360 444
Coordinates
54.79126, -2.99588
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Borrans Hill Farmhouse and the adjoining barn are former agricultural buildings dated 1716, as indicated by the inscription above the cross-passage entrance. The farmhouse is constructed from painted sandstone rubble and features a graduated greenslate roof with sandstone slates on the lower courses. The barn has a sandstone-slate roof, with Welsh slate used for its extension.

The farmhouse is two stories high and has two bays, with a lower L-shaped barn to the right. A 20th-century door is set in a chamfered surround beneath the dated lintel. On the ground floor, there is a two-light flat stone-mullioned window, which was originally a four-light window, along with a similar two-light window to the left and above, all fitted with 20th-century casements. There is a blocked fire window to the left of the entrance and a Yorkshire sash window on the upper floor to the left, which has replaced a two-light stone-mullioned window.

Inside, the farmhouse features a heck partition and a fire beam, with stone steps leading to the first floor in the outshut at the rear. The barn includes plank doors, lofts, slit vents, and two small windows, along with a large projecting cart entrance to the right. The barn extension has a plank door and a small opening above. A corrugated woodshed adjoining the barn and a single-storey outbuilding to the left of the house are not of interest.

Local climate

Borrans Hill Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 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 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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