The Gill is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1984. Farmhouse.

The Gill

WRENN ID
outer-niche-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
The Gill, Kirklinton Middle
OS grid reference
NY 415 646
Coordinates
54.97318, -2.91516
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Gill is a farmhouse dated 1740, featuring the initials JBA on a keystone, with an early 19th-century extension. The building has quartz pebble-dashed walls resting on a red sandstone plinth, complemented by large red sandstone ashlar quoins, a string course, and stone dressings. The roof is made of Welsh slate, with coped gables and kneelers.

The structure is two storeys high and consists of two bays, with the extension to the right also comprising two bays under the same roof. The 20th-century glazed door is framed by a vertical and horizontal V-shaped rusticated surround, which includes flat arch voussoirs, a keystone, and a moulded cornice. The sash windows, which feature glazing bars, have plain stone surrounds from the early 19th century and were altered from three bays to two bays during the extension. The pebble-dashing conceals previous alterations.

There is a small pantry window in the extension, and at eye level on the quoin stone at the junction with the extension, there are roughly incised letters IS, WS, and the year 1827, which may indicate the date of the extension. A 20th-century extension at the rear is not included in the listing.

Local climate

The Gill sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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