Westgarth Hill and Adjoining Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 August 1984. A Late Renaissance Farmhouse.
Westgarth Hill and Adjoining Barn
- WRENN ID
- far-pediment-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 August 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Period
- Late Renaissance
- OS grid reference
- NY 551 426
- Coordinates
- 54.77682, -2.69927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Westgarth Hill and the adjoining barn are a farmhouse and barn dating from the late 17th century, with 19th-century alterations. The buildings are constructed from hammer-dressed red sandstone and feature a moulded cornice. The roofs are covered with red sandstone slates and have coped gables and kneelers, along with stone chimney stacks at the ends.
The farmhouse is two storeys high and consists of three bays. The main entrance is a plank door with a moulded architrave, a plain frieze, and a moulded cornice above. Above the door is a small Yorkshire sash window with a chamfered surround and the remains of a stone mullion. The flanking windows have been filled in, while other windows in the farmhouse are sashes with glazing bars set in enlarged openings.
The adjoining barn, located to the left and at right angles to the farmhouse, appears to be contemporary with or possibly older than the farmhouse. Its entrance features a chamfered surround and lintel, with a re-used stone to the right that has an incised initial "R." The ground and upper floor windows to the right of the barn originally had stone mullions but are now casements with glazing bars. The window to the left is a 19th-century casement in a plain surround. There is also an entrance to the left of the barn that has a quoined surround, which is recessed to accommodate a plank door. The listing does not include other outbuildings.
Local climate
Westgarth Hill and Adjoining Barn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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