Bolt How Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 January 1985. A C18 House.

Bolt How Farmhouse

WRENN ID
seventh-steel-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 January 1985
Type
House
Address
Bolt How Farmhouse, A595, Gosforth
OS grid reference
NY 074 009
Coordinates
54.39518, -3.42643
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bolt How Farmhouse is a house that was added to an earlier ramp barn. It features a panel with the names John and Jane Jackson dated 1799, set in a moulded frame above the door. The exterior is finished in incised stucco, with coursed, squared rubble at the rear. The roof is made of graduated slate, complete with stone coping and a kneeler at the west end, and there are rendered chimneys at the ends. The house is symmetrical, consisting of two storeys and three bays. It has a chamfered plinth and eaves, with end pilasters and a lintel band at the first floor. The central entrance has a panelled door framed by an architrave, flanked by single sash windows with glazing bars on each floor. Above the door is a trompe l'oeil window, and there is a large two-light stair window at the rear. All windows are set in stone surrounds. The adjoining barn range is not of interest.

Local climate

Bolt How Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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