Birdby Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1984. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Birdby Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn

WRENN ID
sacred-solder-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 April 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Birdby Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn, CA10 3AW
OS grid reference
NY 608 242
Coordinates
54.61161, -2.60796
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Birdby Farmhouse and the adjoining barn are late medieval structures that were remodeled in the late 17th century or early 18th century. The farmhouse is built of coursed rubble, which includes river boulders, and features quoins. The front is wet-dashed and has a cavetto moulding along the eaves. It has a graduated slate roof with end chimneys, one made of stone and the other of brick. The layout follows a cross-passage plan, with the entrance located in the outbuilding; access from the passage into the former byre is now blocked. The thickness of the internal walls indicates that the house was extended to the rear, and the current roof was constructed at the same time.

The symmetrical front of the farmhouse is two stories high and has two bays, featuring two three-light windows on the ground floor and two 19th-century sash windows above. Inside, there is a late 17th-century or early 18th-century dog-leg staircase with a closed string, turned balusters, and a moulded handrail. Most of the original panelled internal doors are still intact, along with the heck screen. The outbuildings to the west are also made of coursed rubble with quoins and have a graduated slate roof. They include a byre at each end and segment-headed opposed wagon doors.

Local climate

Birdby Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn 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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