Oxenholme Farmhouse and Raysholme is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. A C17 Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Oxenholme Farmhouse and Raysholme

WRENN ID
fading-corridor-ochre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 April 1951
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Oxenholme Farmhouse and Raysholme, Oxenholme Road, Kendal, LA9 7HG
OS grid reference
SD 530 902
Coordinates
54.30595, -2.72327
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Oxenholme Farmhouse and Raysholme are a farmhouse, now divided into two properties, comprising the former north wing (Oxenholme Farmhouse) and the former central and south wing (Raysholme). The building probably dates to the 17th century, with later additions and alterations. The walls are of coursed rubble with quoins on a plinth, some areas being rendered with a wet-dashed finish. The roofs are graduated slate, with projecting eaves and stone ball finials to the ends of the stone ridges. Stone chimneys are set diagonally in the walls.

Oxenholme Farmhouse was extended by one bay to the west, likely in the 18th century. A 20th-century plank door is set within a gabled porch to a single-storey entrance wing (formerly outbuildings) on the north side. The original doorway, with a four-centred head, was uncovered in the east return. There are various 20th-century replacement windows that imitate earlier wood-mullioned and transomed designs. Raysholme has a 19th-century wing added to the south end. A panelled door leads to the central block, sheltered by a graduated slate verandah supported on cast-iron columns. The windows are mainly 3-light wood-mullioned and transomed, possibly dating to the 17th century, and feature decorative leading. Both properties have a wood-mullioned window with two pointed lights to the west gable, and a plank loft door to the east.

Inside Raysholme is a framed 17th-century staircase with a projecting landing, featuring turned balusters, square newels, and a moulded handrail.

Local climate

Oxenholme Farmhouse and Raysholme sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 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 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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