Low House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1986. Farmhouse.
Low House
- WRENN ID
- watchful-lantern-violet
- 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
- Low House, Hesket
- OS grid reference
- NY 493 348
- Coordinates
- 54.70566, -2.78815
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Low House is a farmhouse dating from the late 18th century. It features cement roughcast walls and is topped with a graduated greenslate roof that has gable-end sandstone chimney stacks. The building is two storeys high and has three bays. The entrance includes a top-glazed panelled door, and there are sash windows with glazing bars set in painted stone surrounds.
Local climate
Low House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 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 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 2004
- No related consent applications matched
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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