Garden Feature, Known As Smoke House, Approximately 200 Metres South East of Levens Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Garden feature.

Garden Feature, Known As Smoke House, Approximately 200 Metres South East of Levens Hall

WRENN ID
ragged-groin-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1984
Type
Garden feature
OS grid reference
SD 496 848
Coordinates
54.25711, -2.77508
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Smoke House is a garden feature located approximately 200 meters southeast of Levens Hall. It is depicted on a 1720 garden plan but has a 19th-century front. The structure features timber frame walls with lath and plaster infill that is rendered, and it has a slate roof with a stone ridge. The doors are studded and boarded. This building is listed for its group value.

Local climate

Garden Feature, Known As Smoke House, Approximately 200 Metres South East of Levens Hall sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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