Streethead is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1986. Farmhouse.
Streethead
- WRENN ID
- western-jamb-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Streethead, Hesket
- OS grid reference
- NY 429 423
- Coordinates
- 54.77322, -2.88861
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Streethead is a farmhouse dated 1794, as indicated by the inscription on an oval date panel on the front wall. The building features painted stucco walls and is topped with a graduated greenslate roof that has brick chimney stacks. It is two storeys high and consists of two bays, with lower single-bay wings on either side. The front entrance has a 20th-century door set within a painted stone architrave and is topped by a pediment. The windows are sash style, with the right side featuring double windows, all set in painted stone surrounds. The set-back wings have sash windows in painted stone surrounds and are adorned with two oval windows; the left wing includes a 20th-century glazed conservatory. Additionally, the rear of the left wing has a garage doorway.
Local climate
Streethead sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,160 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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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