Barn to North-West of Old Durham Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1976. Barn. 2 related planning applications.
Barn to North-West of Old Durham Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- cold-alcove-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1976
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn to North-West of Old Durham Farmhouse, DH1 2RY
- OS grid reference
- NZ 288 419
- Coordinates
- 54.77141, -1.55348
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn, situated to the northwest of Old Durham Farmhouse, dates to the late 17th or early 18th century. It is constructed of English garden wall bond brick in a pattern of five bricks high with stone dressings. The roof is covered in concrete tiles. The barn comprises six bays, with a central threshing door on each side. These doors have 4-centred-arched stone surrounds, and feature bullseye openings above, which are now blocked. A segmental brick arch tops a boarded door on the east side, which has dentilled eaves. Brick buttresses were added to the west side. There are also ventilator slits. The interior has not been inspected, but it is reported to contain brick piers supporting roof trusses with curved struts; principals are truncated at high pegged collars. Two levels of purlins are present, the upper set in slots in the collars and the lower fixed to the principals. There is no ridge.
Local climate
Barn to North-West of Old Durham Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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