Unthank House and Former Barns Adjoining is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1986. Farmhouse.
Unthank House and Former Barns Adjoining
- WRENN ID
- cold-loft-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- OS grid reference
- NY 444 364
- Coordinates
- 54.71975, -2.86417
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Unthank House and the adjoining former barns are a farmhouse and barns that have been converted into a private residence. They date from the late 18th century, with some alterations made in the early 19th century. The farmhouse features painted roughcast walls and is topped with a graduated greenslate roof, which has banded stone chimney stacks. The former barns are constructed of red sandstone rubble and also have graduated greenslate roofs.
The building is two storeys high and consists of four bays, with a single-storey, single-bay extension on the left and lower L-shaped barns on the right. The entrance features a panelled door set within a Tuscan prostyle porch. The windows are double sash with glazing bars, framed in painted stone surrounds, except for a single sash window located above the entrance. The extension includes an additional doorway under a pediment and a sash window, both also in painted stone surrounds. The barns have a sash window and a doorway closest to the house, as well as a segmental doorway in the return wall. Extensions to the left of the house are not considered of interest.
Local climate
Unthank House and Former Barns Adjoining sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,240 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% 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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