Byre Attached to Right of Humbleton Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1985. Byre.

Byre Attached to Right of Humbleton Farmhouse

WRENN ID
bitter-quartz-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1985
Type
Byre
OS grid reference
NZ 092 173
Coordinates
54.55087, -1.85881
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a byre attached to the right of Humbleton Farmhouse, dating from the 18th century. It is constructed from sandstone rubble with dressed quoins and has a pantiled roof. The building is single storey with a loft above and features five narrow bays. In the fourth bay from the left, there are two Dutch doors with a hit-and-miss window to the right. To the left, there are two hit-and-miss windows and another Dutch door. The windows have flush lintels and projecting sills. The right side of the building has an external stone staircase that leads to a first-floor boarded door. The rear of the byre includes three cart sheds. The roof has slightly projecting eaves and a catslide at the back over the cart sheds. This building is included for its group value with the farmhouse.

Local climate

Byre Attached to Right of Humbleton Farmhouse receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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