Gin Gang and Barn North of Scotch Isle Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Barn. 4 related planning applications.
Gin Gang and Barn North of Scotch Isle Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- muted-window-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Gin Gang and Barn North of Scotch Isle Farmhouse, A689, Wolsingham, DL13 3JG
- OS grid reference
- NZ 089 366
- Coordinates
- 54.72442, -1.86195
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gin-gang and barn, located north of Scotch Isle Farmhouse, date from the early 19th century. They are constructed from sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings. The gin-gang features a Welsh slate roof, while the barn has a stone-flagged roof. The barn is two stories high with two bays, and it has a one-storey round gin-gang attached to its west side. The west elevation of the gin-gang has a central narrow boarded door with small square windows on either side, all under thin stone lintels. The gin-gang is topped with a high conical roof that has a spear finial, while the barn has a low-pitched roof.
Local climate
Gin Gang and Barn North of Scotch Isle Farmhouse receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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