Field Barn, 700 Metres East of Hunderthwaite Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. A C19 Barn.

Field Barn, 700 Metres East of Hunderthwaite Farmhouse

WRENN ID
woven-wall-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 June 1986
Type
Barn
Period
C19
OS grid reference
NY 992 208
Coordinates
54.58306, -2.01347
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This field barn, located 700 metres east of Hunderthwaite Farmhouse, dates back to 1822, as indicated on its keystone. It is constructed of squared rubble with ashlar dressings and features a stone-flagged roof.

The barn is two storeys high and consists of three bays, with flush alternating quoins. There is a pair of boarded doors positioned to the left of centre, set within an elliptical-arched, flush surround that includes tooled voussoirs, impost blocks, and jambs. The raised keystone of the archway is inscribed with "W. Bayles 1822." The left bay contains two small breathers, while the right bay features a Dutch door and a first-floor opening, both in flush, tooled surrounds. The gabled returns have small breathers arranged in a triangular pattern. Additionally, the right gable displays pigeon holes and ledges, also arranged in a triangular pattern. The roof is finished with coped gables.

This barn is noted for being a rare example of an unaltered field barn.

Local climate

Field Barn, 700 Metres East of Hunderthwaite Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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