Former Frenchfield Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. Farmhouse. 8 related planning applications.
Former Frenchfield Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- still-pier-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1951
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Former Frenchfield Farmhouse, Hunter Hall School, Penrith, CA11 8UA
- OS grid reference
- NY 534 296
- Coordinates
- 54.65939, -2.72309
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Frenchfield Farmhouse is a mid-19th century building located in Frenchfield, Penrith. It has been part of a school since 1991. The farmhouse is constructed from stuccoed stone with quoins and features old slate roofs. It is two storeys high and has an eaves cornice, a central panelled door with a small fanlight, and a modern timber porch. On each floor, there are two three-light sash windows with stone mullions and glazing bars, as well as a single sash window above the door, all set within plain stone architraves. The rear of the building has two 30-paned sash windows.
Local climate
Former Frenchfield Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- 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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