The Dale is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1984. A C17 Farmhouse.
The Dale
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-buttress-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Dale, Ainstable
- OS grid reference
- NY 544 441
- Coordinates
- 54.7901, -2.70914
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dale is a farmhouse that likely dates from the late 17th century, with alterations and additions made in 1752, as indicated by a date on the lintel at the rear. It is constructed of hammer-dressed red sandstone and features a graduated green slate roof with coped gables and kneelers, along with large stone chimney stacks at each end. The building has two storeys and two bays.
The entrance includes a top-glazed four-panel door framed by a plain painted stone surround, and there is an open lattice iron porch with a shaped canopy. On the ground floor, there are two light, two-pane sash windows with flat stone mullions, and similar windows above, all featuring glazing bars and plain stone surrounds.
Local climate
The Dale sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% 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 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2012
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