Byres and Sheds to Demesnes Mill is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1994. Barn.
Byres and Sheds to Demesnes Mill
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-stronghold-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 November 1994
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Byres and Sheds to Demesnes Mill, Gray Lane, Barnard Castle
- OS grid reference
- NZ 053 158
- Coordinates
- 54.53794, -1.91891
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The byres and sheds at Demesnes Mill, shown on the Ordnance Survey as Demesnes Mill Farm, date from the late 18th century to early 19th century. They are constructed of rubble with ashlar dressings and feature a roof made of graduated stone slates with stone ridges. The building has an east-west orientation, with lower ranges projecting from the center and the east end. The main range is a single storey with four bays. The first three bays have boarded doors, with Dutch doors in the first and third bays, all featuring flat stone lintels. The fourth bay has a small horizontal six-pane light with a wooden lintel and stone sill. The left return has a small blocked light on the right side, with a stone lintel and sill, and pipe vents in the gable peak. The west elevation of the cart shed, which breaks forward from the third bay and partly obscures the door lintel, has double-boarded doors on the right and a blocked vehicle door on the left. The east cross-range, which also breaks forward from the end of the main building, has boarded doors. The first cross-range features swept eaves, while the second cross-range has a monopitch roof sloping down to the rear. The interior has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Byres and Sheds to Demesnes Mill receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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