Stable and Shed to South East of Number 35, Escomb Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 May 1994. Stable, shed.

Stable and Shed to South East of Number 35, Escomb Farmhouse

WRENN ID
sharp-bastion-flax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
County Durham
Constituency
Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 May 1994
Type
Stable, shed
Address
Stable and Shed to South East of Number 35, Escomb Farmhouse, Saxon Green
OS grid reference
NZ 190 300
Coordinates
54.6655, -1.70687
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stable and shed located to the southeast of No. 35, Escomb Farmhouse, is a mid-18th century structure. It is built of rubble with quoins and features a roof made of corrugated asbestos and pantiles. The building has a height of one to two storeys and consists of three bays. The stable and loft section on the right has two storeys and three bays, with thin wooden lintels over a boarded door at the left end and a Dutch door at the right end. There is a small open light with a hit and miss vent between the doors, and a pitching door is located above at the centre. The right side of the building has a triangular vent in the gable peak and triangular block gable edges. The attached cart shed on the left has three wide boarded doors and a pantiled roof. This structure is included for its group value.

Local climate

Stable and Shed to South East of Number 35, Escomb 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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