West New Houses Barn, 25 Metres West of West New Houses Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. A C18 Barn.
West New Houses Barn, 25 Metres West of West New Houses Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- stranded-bailey-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- NY 944 191
- Coordinates
- 54.56779, -2.08724
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West New Houses Barn, located 25 metres west of West New Houses Farmhouse, is a barn that likely dates from the early 18th century, with some alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed of squared rubble and features a stone-flagged roof.
The barn is two storeys high and consists of four bays, with flush quoins. The side facing the former farmhouse has an external stone stairway that leads to an off-centre Dutch door. This door is surrounded by flush jambs, top blocks, and a wide lintel. The roof has coped gables. The partly rebuilt gabled right return includes a doorway with roughly-shaped jambs and a large cambered lintel. The left return gable has pigeon holes and ledges arranged in a triangular pattern. At the rear, there is a central opening flanked by boarded doors: to the right is a 19th-century flush door surround, while the left has an earlier surround with flush jambs, top blocks, and a wide lintel. There is also a central opening on the first floor.
This barn is included for its group value.
Local climate
West New Houses Barn, 25 Metres West of West New Houses Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 39 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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