Former House and Byre, with Loose Boxes, South of Ludwell Farmhouse Barn is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. House, byre.
Former House and Byre, with Loose Boxes, South of Ludwell Farmhouse Barn
- WRENN ID
- waiting-cobalt-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- House, byre
- Address
- Former House and Byre, with Loose Boxes, South of Ludwell Farmhouse Barn, Stanhope
- OS grid reference
- NY 943 381
- Coordinates
- 54.73812, -2.08981
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former house and byre, now functioning as a single byre with loose boxes, is located south of Ludwell Farmhouse barn. This structure dates from the late 17th century for the house and byre, with the loose boxes added in the early 19th century. It is built from roughly-coursed sandstone rubble, featuring quoins and ashlar dressings, and has stone-flagged roofs, except for one loose box which has a corrugated iron roof. The building is arranged in an L-plan and is two stories tall with five bays.
The house and byre display chamfered alternate-block jambs beneath a rough stone lintel at an empty doorway in the second bay, and there is a stone surround to a loft doorway above. The empty windows, which once had one, two, or three lights, all feature chamfered stone surrounds, although the mullions have been removed and one window is blocked. Most openings retain their hinge pins. The left wing, which projects forward, has one low storey with three bays. The left return includes flat stone lintels over a door and two windows in the gable of the two-story section, as well as three cast-iron Dutch doors under flat stone lintels leading to the loose boxes.
Local climate
Former House and Byre, with Loose Boxes, South of Ludwell Farmhouse Barn 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 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 43 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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