High Bank Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1987. Farmhouse.

High Bank Farmhouse

WRENN ID
half-minaret-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 November 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Address
High Bank Farmhouse, South Side, Lynesack and Softley
OS grid reference
NZ 107 271
Coordinates
54.63926, -1.83508
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

High Bank Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of sandstone rubble, featuring quoins and ashlar dressings. The roof is pantiled, with stone-flagged eaves, stone gable coping, and both stone and brick chimneys. The building is two storeys high and has three bays. There is a boarded door beneath a flat stone lintel to the left of the central bay. Similar flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills are present above a small window to the right of the door, as well as above nearly-square sash windows in the outer bays. The right two bays bulge and include throughstones. The end chimneys are made of stone on the left and have been renewed in brick on the right. The left gable features coping with a curved kneeler, while the right return gable has numerous throughstones. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

High Bank Farmhouse receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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