Middle Birkby Farmhouse and Attached Outbuilding is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1989. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Middle Birkby Farmhouse and Attached Outbuilding

WRENN ID
silver-merlon-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 February 1989
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Middle Birkby Farmhouse and Attached Outbuilding, Lower Allithwaite, LA11 7NP
OS grid reference
SD 374 774
Coordinates
54.1887, -2.95967
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Middle Birkby Farmhouse and attached outbuilding is a farmhouse and outbuildings, probably dating from the 18th century, with later alterations. The structure is made of stone rubble with slobbered mortar, part roughcast, and has a tile-hung return and a slate roof. It is two storeys high and has four bays, with the fourth bay being lower. There is an adjoining outbuilding that has a single-storey wing extending to the road.

On the ground floor, the first bay features a sashed window with glazing bars and horns, the third bay has a casement window under a dripstone, and the fourth bay has a pivoted casement with vertical glazing bars. The first floor has sashed windows with single glazing bars and horns, while the fourth bay includes a two-light mullioned window. The entrance to the fourth bay has a gabled canopy and a four-fielded-panel door. The entrance to the outbuilding leads to a stone stair. The building has three gable-end stacks and a cross-axial stack, and the wing features various windows and an entrance. The rear of the building has an outshut under a catslide roof. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

Middle Birkby Farmhouse and Attached Outbuilding sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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