Cow Shed, Stable and Hay Loft to South of Dry Gill West Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1987. Cow shed, stable, hay loft.
Cow Shed, Stable and Hay Loft to South of Dry Gill West Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- tenth-window-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1987
- Type
- Cow shed, stable, hay loft
- Address
- Cow Shed, Stable and Hay Loft to South of Dry Gill West Farmhouse, A689, Stanhope
- OS grid reference
- NY 889 377
- Coordinates
- 54.73483, -2.17302
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cow shed, stable, and hay loft located to the south of Dry Gill West Farmhouse were built in 1829, as indicated by the date on the keystone. The structure is made of coursed, roughly squared sandstone with pecked ashlar dressings and quoins, topped with a stone-flagged roof. It is symmetrical, featuring two storeys and three bays. The central round-headed cart door is set under an arch with voussoirs and the dated key, flanked by alternate-block jambs. To the left, there is a boarded door, while the right side has a blocked door, both with flat stone lintels. The first floor includes eight very narrow vent slits. The low-pitched hipped roof has a square ridge ventilator. The left side has small windows with glazing bars, and the right side features a stable door with a loft door above, along with two groups of four pigeon holes.
Local climate
Cow Shed, Stable and Hay Loft to South of Dry Gill West Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 70 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 49 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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