Lawrence House and Levens Brow is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1952. House. 2 related planning applications.

Lawrence House and Levens Brow

WRENN ID
iron-crypt-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 November 1952
Type
House
Address
Lawrence House and Levens Brow, A6, LA8 8EG
OS grid reference
SD 496 854
Coordinates
54.2623, -2.77464
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lawrence House and Levens Brow is a former agent's house for the Levens Estate, now divided into two houses. The main part of Lawrence House was apparently rebuilt on earlier cellars after a fire in 1708. An extension, now known as Levens Brow, was added to the south, likely in the early 19th century, and a north wing was added around 1910. The building features stone rubble walls, some of which are rendered, and has a graduated greenslate roof.

Lawrence House has two ridge chimneys and one eaves chimney, all with round shafts, while Levens Brow has two ridge chimneys, each with four joined round shafts, and one eaves chimney with paired round shafts. The structure has a double depth plan and stands two storeys tall.

Lawrence House has four windows, all from the 19th century, including one three-light stone mullioned-and-transomed window with a hoodmould on each floor to the right, with the rest being casements. It also has a four-panelled door. Levens Brow features two 19th-century windows, which are two- or three-light stone mullioned-and-transomed with hoodmoulds and decorative leaded glazing. There is a gabled stone porch with a six-panelled outer door and a heavy six-panelled inner door with leaded glazing on the upper panels.

Inside, Lawrence House has chamfered beams and board doors, while Levens Brow retains its original 19th-century interior, which includes panelled doors and surrounds, cornices, and a staircase.

Local climate

Lawrence House and Levens Brow sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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