Bunkers Hill and Barns/Byres Adjoining is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 December 1967. Farmhouse, barns, byres.
Bunkers Hill and Barns/Byres Adjoining
- WRENN ID
- dark-loft-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 December 1967
- Type
- Farmhouse, barns, byres
- OS grid reference
- NY 458 308
- Coordinates
- 54.67004, -2.84123
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bunkers Hill is a farmhouse with adjoining barns and byres, built to commemorate the Battle of Bunkers Hill during the American War of Independence, as noted on the front wall with the inscription "BUNKERS HILL JUNE 17TH 1775." Constructed in the late 18th century for the 11th Duke of Norfolk, who supported the American cause, the building features pink sandstone ashlar walls with string courses and a battlemented parapet, along with V-jointed quoins. The roof is made of sloping graduated greenslate, and there are banded ashlar chimney stacks, some of which are made of 20th-century brick.
The barns and byres are made of dressed red sandstone with raised quoins, topped with graduated greenslate roofs that have coped gables and kneelers. The house has a canted-in front that is 2½ storeys high and consists of three bays, flanked by lower contemporary barns, creating a rough overall U-shape. It features pointed-arched sash windows with glazing bars, some of which are double, as well as smaller similar attic windows. The parapet has an inscription above a carved lion. The flanking barns contain large central pointed-arched cart entrances with alternate-block surrounds; the barn to the left of the house has a large casement window with glazing bars. The barns also have rear plank doorways and casement windows in stone surrounds. Additionally, there are large 20th-century sliding doors, blocked loft doorways, and a pent extension. Bunkers Hill is one of a group of three farmhouse follies in the Greystoke area.
Local climate
Bunkers Hill and Barns/Byres Adjoining sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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