Former Bull Pen at Park Head Farm is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 May 1986. Bull pen, goat house.

Former Bull Pen at Park Head Farm

WRENN ID
long-turret-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 May 1986
Type
Bull pen, goat house
Address
Former Bull Pen at Park Head Farm, A 688
OS grid reference
NZ 230 309
Coordinates
54.6735, -1.64472
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former bull pen at Park Head Farm, now used as a goat house, dates from the late 18th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble with quoins and features a renewed pantiled roof. The building has one high storey and consists of one wide bay. The north and west elevations have depressed stone arches leading to boarded doors. The south elevation includes a slit vent on the left and a flat stone lintel above hit and miss ventilators on the right, along with a similar ventilator in the monopitch roof against the high west gable wall. This gable wall may have been crenellated as an eyecatcher to match the west gable of the shelter shed range to the south. The building is included for its group value.

Local climate

Former Bull Pen at Park Head Farm receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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