Byre House, 10 Metres East of East End of Laithkirk Church is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Byre-house.
Byre House, 10 Metres East of East End of Laithkirk Church
- WRENN ID
- sunken-passage-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- Byre-house
- OS grid reference
- NY 955 240
- Coordinates
- 54.61159, -2.07113
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Byre House, located 10 metres east of the east end of Laithkirk Church, is a former byre with domestic accommodation above, now used for storage. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of rubble with sandstone dressings, featuring a stone-flagged roof and a stone chimney stack.
The building is two storeys high and has two bays with flush quoins. The west side, which is partly built into the bank, has a boarded first-floor door with a flush lintel. The north gable end features a pair of large boarded doors set in a flush surround, while the south gable has a boarded opening with a flush lintel and sill. The east side includes a central hit-and-miss window with a boarded opening above. There is an end stack on the south side, complete with a top ledge and water table.
Inside, the lime-washed first-floor room contains a small stone fireplace with an iron grate against the south gable wall. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Byre House, 10 Metres East of East End of Laithkirk Church 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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