Barn to East of Peakfield Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Barn.
Barn to East of Peakfield Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- weathered-quartz-myrtle
- 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
- Barn to East of Peakfield Farmhouse, Peakfield Bank, Stanhope
- OS grid reference
- NZ 013 367
- Coordinates
- 54.72542, -1.98071
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a barn located to the east of Peakfield farmhouse, dating from the early 19th century. It is built of coursed sandstone that is roughly squared, with quoins, and features a stone-flagged roof. The barn has one high storey and consists of three wide bays. The north elevation includes a tall central arched vehicle entrance, which is adorned with voussoirs and has boarded doors. The left return gable showcases pairs of tiered pigeon holes that have stone shelves.
Local climate
Barn to East of Peakfield Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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