The Buildings Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1984. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

The Buildings Farmhouse

WRENN ID
tired-cornice-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
The Buildings Farmhouse, the Green, Kaber, CA17 4EF
OS grid reference
NY 798 116
Coordinates
54.49972, -2.31268
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Buildings Farmhouse is a house from the mid-19th century. It is constructed of coursed, squared rubble with quoins and features a graduated slate roof with stone coping at the west end, along with stone chimneys at both ends. The front of the house is symmetrical, with two stories and three bays. It has a central part-glazed door and margined sash windows, all set within stone surrounds.

Local climate

The Buildings Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 62 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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