Fingland 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.

Fingland Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn

WRENN ID
sunken-sill-peregrine
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
OS grid reference
NY 254 571
Coordinates
54.90322, -3.16382
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fingland Farmhouse and the adjoining barn are located in Bowness and date from the late 17th century, with alterations made in 1735, marked by the initials J.H. (John Hewson) above the entrance. The farmhouse features clay walls set on a projecting stone plinth, which have been repaired with cobbles and raised in height using brick, all covered with painted render. It has a 20th-century Welsh slate roof and rendered chimney stacks. This long-house design includes a cross passage and is two storeys high with three bays; the barn is to the right under a common roof.

The entrance boasts a six-panel door within a painted stone architrave, accompanied by a dated and inscribed entablature. On the ground floor, there is a central two-light stone-mullioned window with a chamfered surround and hood mould, while a similar window on the upper floor lacks a hood and features a flat mullion. Flanking sash windows with glazing bars are set in 18th-century painted stone surrounds, and there is a small fire window with a chamfered surround to the right.

Inside, the principal room on the ground floor includes an inglenook with a stone heck partition, a 19th-century cast iron range, and a spice cupboard recess to the left. The room also features 17th-century moulded beams and a built-in panelled cupboard. Notably, a powder horn dated 1691 was discovered sealed above one of the beams during restoration work in the 1980s. The roof structure comprises two 17th-century full crucks and three 18th-century upper crucks. The barn has a blank front wall supported by two buttresses and a rear wall with a plank cart entrance and slatted openings.

Local climate

Fingland Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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