Brackenhill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1984. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Brackenhill Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- silent-ledge-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Brackenhill Farmhouse, Arthuret, CA6 5TU
- OS grid reference
- NY 445 694
- Coordinates
- 55.01668, -2.86857
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brackenhill Farmhouse is a late 18th-century farmhouse built from snecked calciferous sandstone ashlar, set on a squared plinth with raised V-jointed quoins. The roof is made of Welsh slate, featuring coped gables and kneelers, with both 20th-century brick and original ashlar chimney stacks. The building stands 2½ storeys high and has five bays, along with a granary wing that is at right angles to the main structure, sharing similar dimensions but with a slightly lower roof line.
The entrance features a four-panel door set in a moulded architrave, complete with a pulvinated frieze and a moulded cornice. The sash windows, which have broad glazing bars, are framed by plain raised stone surrounds. The attic windows are half blocked with stone, originally painted to create the appearance of complete windows. The granary wing has similar windows, with the first floor and attic windows also half blocked with stone.
The courtyard walls of the wing include external stone steps leading to a first-floor granary door, and there is a pulley swing bar above for loading sacks into the granary.
Local climate
Brackenhill Farmhouse 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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