West End Farm Barn and Attached Range of Byres, 20 Metres North of Dotheboys Hall is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. Barn. 2 related planning applications.

West End Farm Barn and Attached Range of Byres, 20 Metres North of Dotheboys Hall

WRENN ID
second-arch-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1986
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
NY 989 135
Coordinates
54.51742, -2.01706
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

West End Farm barn and the attached range of byres are located 20 meters north of Dotheboys Hall. This structure dates from the early to mid-19th century and is built from squared rubble with stone-flagged roofs.

The barn is a tall, two-storey building with five bays, featuring a low plinth and flush quoins. It has a Dutch door with a flush surround in the second bay, flanked by replaced top-hung casements. There is a blocked door and window to the right, and five first-floor breathers. The roof is low-pitched and hipped.

The lower two-storey range of byres and loose boxes has five bays and includes lofts. It features a central blocked doorway with a round head, a Dutch door, and a replaced casement to the right, as well as a partly-blocked doorway with an inserted boarded door to the left. Above, there are three square boarded openings, and the roof is low-pitched and hipped on the left.

There is a lean-to addition to the right of the barn, but it is not of special interest. This building is included for its group value with Dotheboys Hall.

Local climate

West End Farm Barn and Attached Range of Byres, 20 Metres North of Dotheboys Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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