Hill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1976. Farmhouse.

Hill Farmhouse

WRENN ID
ragged-flue-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 May 1976
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Hill Farmhouse, 12, Biggar Village
OS grid reference
SD 192 661
Coordinates
54.08495, -3.23645
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hill Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed of cement-rendered stone and has a graduated slate roof. The building has two storeys and features three windows on the first floor. A 20th-century glazed porch encloses a part-glazed door, and to the right of the porch, there is a broad four-pane sash window that replaces a former three-light mullioned window, which has a chamfered surround but a lowered sill, along with a 17th-century hoodmould. To the left of the porch is a tall four-pane sash window, and beyond that, there is a broader four-pane sash window, both with projecting sills. The first floor also has sash windows. The front wall at the left end of the house curves with the lane, and there are end stacks.

Inside, the lounge features a beamed ceiling with transverse beams, including one of a deeper section that indicates the position of a former smokehood bressumer. There is one principal-rafter truss, and the right end stack oversails the inner gable wall on wooden cantilevers, suggesting the existence of a former smokehood.

Local climate

Hill Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,670 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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