Heaves Farmhouse and Attached Barn to South is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Heaves Farmhouse and Attached Barn to South

WRENN ID
proud-garret-elm
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
Farmhouse
Address
Heaves Farmhouse and Attached Barn to South, Levens, LA8 8DU
OS grid reference
SD 491 866
Coordinates
54.27283, -2.78172
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Heaves Farmhouse and the attached barn to the south are a combined structure dating from the 17th century, with later alterations and lean-to additions on the west side. The barn is believed to be from the late 17th century or early 18th century. The building features limestone rubble walls, some of which are roughcast, and has a graduated greenslate roof with a stone ridge and one chimney stack at the ridge, along with another chimney stack on the lean-to. The farmhouse is two storeys high, with the main front facing east, displaying three irregular bays that contain 20th-century windows and a door. The barn has four doors on the lower floor and wagon doors on the first floor, which are accessed via a ramp. Inside the farmhouse, there is a spice cupboard marked with the initials and date W and A W 1665, as well as an altered early 18th-century staircase featuring turned balusters. The barn's interior consists of seven bays, with a roof supported by simple collar and tie beam trusses, a ridge piece, and two levels of purlins.

Local climate

Heaves Farmhouse and Attached Barn to South 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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