Ford House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1996. House. 8 related planning applications.
Ford House
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-step-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1996
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ford House, Ford Park Crescent, Ulverston, LA12 7JP
- OS grid reference
- SD 292 787
- Coordinates
- 54.19955, -3.08548
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ford House, now part of a school, was built in 1835 and is attributed to George Webster. It is constructed of limestone ashlar with a hipped slate roof. The main block is a symmetrical building of two storeys and three bays, incorporating a plinth, a first-floor sill band, an eaves band, and overhanging bracketed eaves. The windows are sash windows with plain reveals. The north-facing entrance front features a central, single-storey porch with a cornice and blocking course, and windows set within its side walls. A lower two-storey wing extends to the east. South-facing windows have been enlarged in the 20th century. The interior entrance hall features a tiled floor and a dogleg staircase with an open string, turned balusters, and a wreathed handrail.
Local climate
Ford House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,650 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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