Holebeck Farmhouse and Byre is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1971. Farmhouse.

Holebeck Farmhouse and Byre

WRENN ID
rooted-solder-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 June 1971
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Holebeck Farmhouse and Byre, A689, Wolsingham
OS grid reference
NZ 054 364
Coordinates
54.72284, -1.91617
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Holebeck Farmhouse and byre is a farmhouse and cowhouse dating from the early 18th century. It is built of thinly-rendered sandstone rubble with a boulder plinth and ashlar dressings, featuring some throughstones. The roofs are stone-flagged, recently renewed on the house, and have gable copings along with stone chimneys that are raised in either brick or ashlar. The building stands three storeys tall, with the house having four windows, while the cowhouse to the right is two storeys and has three bays.

The house features a boarded door in the third bay, which has an inset glazed panel set within a flat Tudor-arched surround. The paired sash windows have wood mullions, except for the low second floor, which has two 2-light single-chamfered stone windows. The gable copings rest on moulded kneelers, and there are three ridge chimneys: the outer ones are made of stone and brick, while the central one is raised in ashlar and has a cornice. The cowhouse is blank on this elevation, and the left return has a mounting block against the external stack.

Inside, the ground-floor panelled room to the left of the entrance features a corniced chimneypiece and a blind arched cupboard set in a pilastered surround with key and impost blocks on the wall adjacent to the cross passage. The dog-leg close-string stair has a narrow grip handrail supported by column-and-vase balusters.

Local climate

Holebeck Farmhouse and Byre 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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