Beech House and Adjoining Stables is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1968. House, stable.

Beech House and Adjoining Stables

WRENN ID
stubborn-cinder-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 February 1968
Type
House, stable
OS grid reference
NY 611 273
Coordinates
54.63935, -2.60364
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Beech House and the adjoining stables were built in the late 18th century. The house is constructed of ashlar stone with rusticated quoins, a chamfered plinth, and a lintel above the ground floor windows. It features a graduated slate roof with stone copings and corniced end chimneys, along with moulded eaves. The symmetrical front of the house is two stories high and has three bays, with a central panelled door framed by an architrave and topped with a pediment. There is a 19th-century openwork cast-iron porch. On either side of the door are paired sash windows, and on the first floor, there are similar sash windows with a single central sash. All windows include glazing bars and stone surrounds.

The lower two-story stable is attached to the north end of the house. It is made of coursed, squared rubble with quoins and has an incised stucco front. The stable also has a graduated slate roof with stone coping. Its symmetrical front has five bays, with doors at either end and segmental arches featuring projecting keystones and impost blocks. There are two windows between the doors, and the first floor has a central loft access flanked by single windows, all with stone surrounds. The front of the house is identical to that of Sheriff House, located to the south.

Local climate

Beech House and Adjoining Stables sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,230 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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