Barn and Gin Gang to South of Stonecheser Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Barn, gin-gang. 3 related planning applications.
Barn and Gin Gang to South of Stonecheser Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- vacant-jamb-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- City of Durham MP: Mary Kelly Foy (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Barn, gin-gang
- Address
- Barn and Gin Gang to South of Stonecheser Farmhouse, B6299, Greater Willington
- OS grid reference
- NZ 180 365
- Coordinates
- 54.72321, -1.72161
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a barn and gin gang located to the south of Stonechester Farmhouse, dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed from sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and quoins, and features pantiled roofs. The barn is a single storey with two bays, and has a wide boarded door on the left, which is set beneath a half-width stone lintel. The roof is steeply pitched and has reverse-crow-step gable coping. To the left of the barn door, the gin gang consists of two rectangular-plan piers, with the spaces between them bricked up, supporting a half-octagonal roof.
Local climate
Barn and Gin Gang to South of Stonecheser Farmhouse receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% 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 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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