Countess 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.

Countess Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn

WRENN ID
last-string-moth
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
OS grid reference
NY 612 270
Coordinates
54.63728, -2.60218
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Countess Farmhouse and the adjoining barn are 18th-century structures with later alterations. They are built of coursed, squared rubble and feature quoins. The roof is graduated slate with stone chimneys. The original house, located in the center, has a symmetrical two-storey, three-bay front. It includes a central plank door flanked by a wide sash window with glazing bars on either side, and two additional sash windows above. The house has been extended into a former byre to the north, which has a single sash window on the left and a part-blocked door on the right. The barn to the south, which shares the same roof, features a wagon door with a depressed arch on the left and a smaller door on the right.

Local climate

Countess 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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