Farm Building is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Farm building.

Farm Building

WRENN ID
weathered-clay-grove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
North Durham MP: Luke Akehurst (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 June 1987
Type
Farm building
Address
Farm Building, Healeyfield Lane
OS grid reference
NZ 067 476
Coordinates
54.82363, -1.89592
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a farm building, likely originally a byre, dating from the 17th century. It is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble with quoins and has one low storey divided into two wide bays. There is a wide vehicle opening on the right side that reaches up to the eaves height, and vent slits are present in the return gables. Inside, the building features unstripped tree rafters and purlins.

Local climate

Farm Building receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 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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