Farmhouse and Adjacent Barn 15 Metres to North of Seaton Holme is a Grade II* listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. Farmhouse, barn.
Farmhouse and Adjacent Barn 15 Metres to North of Seaton Holme
- WRENN ID
- tilted-belfry-holly
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Easington MP: Grahame Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Farmhouse, barn
- OS grid reference
- NZ 413 435
- Coordinates
- 54.78515, -1.35834
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The farmhouse and adjacent barn, located 15 metres north of Seaton Holme, may have originally served as an oratory connected to Seaton Holme. They possibly date back to the 13th century but have undergone extensive alterations, particularly in the 19th century. The buildings are primarily constructed of limestone rubble, with sandstone surrounds for the windows and doors, and have a long rectangular plan. They stand two storeys tall, with the facade facing the rear of Seaton Holme featuring the farmhouse and an attached barn to the right.
The farmhouse has four windows, with most openings being 19th-century sashes, except for a pointed-arched window on the first floor to the right that has large chamfered jambs. The roof is a moderate-pitch covered with 20th-century Welsh slate, and there are brick gable stacks. On the left side, there is a large pointed-arched window with double-chamfered jambs under a pointed hoodmould with worn stops, and below it, evidence of a blocked ground floor opening can be seen.
The barn consists of four irregular bays. The left bay features a large 20th-century vehicle entrance and two square blocked openings above. Internally, this bay is separated from the rest of the barn by a 20th-century brick wall that slightly projects above the roof line. At first floor level, there is a blocked pointed-arched window with large alternating jambs, and further right, a blocked two-light window with alternating jambs and trefoil-headed lights set in a monolithic arch. The right side of the barn has a small blocked lancet window set high in the gable. The barn has a 20th-century asbestos roof and brick gable coping. The eaves line of both the farmhouse and barn has likely been lowered in the 19th century, cutting through the heads of several first-floor windows. The rear of the buildings has been extensively renewed, featuring mainly 20th-century casements.
Inside, apart from the window splays, no original internal features remain, and both the farmhouse and barn roofs have been renewed.
Local climate
Farmhouse and Adjacent Barn 15 Metres to North of Seaton Holme sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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