Topthorne Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1962. Farmhouse.

Topthorne Farmhouse

WRENN ID
rough-rood-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 February 1962
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Topthorne Farmhouse, Whinfell
OS grid reference
SD 556 985
Coordinates
54.38049, -2.68357
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Topthorne Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the late 17th century, with additions and alterations made in the early 18th century. It is constructed of roughcast stone and features a slate roof. The building has two storeys and three bays, with the third bay probably being a later addition. There is a drip course above the ground floor. The ground floor windows in the second and third bays are casements, while the first-floor windows are sashed with vertical glazing bars and horns.

Between the first and second bays, there is a gabled porch that has a 20th-century outer door and a wide-boarded inner door with strap hinges. The farmhouse has gable-end stacks and a cross-axial stack. The left side of the building features three drip courses. At the rear, there is a gabled wing with a corbelled gable-end stack, and the windows have dripstones. There is also a lean-to outshut on the left return of the wing.

Inside, the farmhouse includes an early 18th-century fielded-panel partition with a dado rail and a six-panel door, along with some wide-boarded doors. The staircase has square newels, turned balusters, and a moulded handrail. There are two cupboards with fielded-panel doors; one features a round head and fluted pilasters, with an inscription reading "HWI 1758." A plaster overmantel in a room of the extension is inscribed "HWM/1716" and is adorned with stylized grapevines on either side.

Local climate

Topthorne Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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