Ford House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. House. 10 related planning applications.

Ford House

WRENN ID
burning-arch-yarrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1970
Type
House
Address
Ford House, the Square, Lower Allithwaite, LA11 6QB
OS grid reference
SD 378 787
Coordinates
54.20069, -2.9541
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ford House is likely an 18th-century house located on the south side of The Square in Lower Allithwaite, near Cartmel. It is constructed of roughcast stone and has a slate roof. The house is three storeys high and has three bays. The windows are mostly paired sash windows with single glazing bars and horns, with a single sash window above the central entrance. The second floor features small-paned casement windows. The central entrance has a 19th-century six-panel door, with the lower two panels glazed. A gable-end stack is present.

Local climate

Ford House 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 2 transactions since 2005
  • Related listed building consents — 10 applications
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  • 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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