Barn and Privy on Right Return of Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Darlington local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1986. A C19 Barn.

Barn and Privy on Right Return of Manor House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Darlington
Constituency
Darlington MP: Lola McEvoy (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 July 1986
Type
Barn
Address
Barn and Privy on Right Return of Manor House, Houghton Bank Lane, Houghton Le Side
OS grid reference
NZ 225 218
Coordinates
54.59096, -1.65302
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building is a barn and privy located on the right return of the Manor House, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed rubble that has been painted white. The barn features a corrugated-asbestos roof and is two stories high with two bays. On the first floor, there are two hit-and-miss windows. The privy is situated under a lean-to roof on the right side of the barn and has a pantiled roof. An elliptical archway made of brick is present on the right return of the barn. This structure is included for its group value with the Manor House.

Local climate

Barn and Privy on Right Return of Manor House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% 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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