The Bow is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
The Bow
- WRENN ID
- knotted-trefoil-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Bow, Orton, CA5 6EW
- OS grid reference
- NY 337 560
- Coordinates
- 54.89493, -3.03485
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bow is a farmhouse dated 1769, constructed with Flemish bond brickwork on a chamfered stone plinth and features raised V-jointed quoins. The building has a graduated greenslate roof and 19th-century brick chimney stacks. It is two storeys high and has three bays. The entrance consists of a 20th-century door set within a moulded architrave, accompanied by a plain frieze with the date and a dentilled cornice. The windows are 2-pane sash types, set in segmental brick arches with keystones and moulded stone sills.
Local climate
The Bow 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 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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