Fairshaw Farmhouse and Adjoining Farmbuilding on East is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 July 1987. Farmhouse, farmbuilding.

Fairshaw Farmhouse and Adjoining Farmbuilding on East

WRENN ID
gentle-cornice-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 July 1987
Type
Farmhouse, farmbuilding
OS grid reference
NY 885 731
Coordinates
55.05286, -2.18072
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fairshaw Farmhouse and the adjoining farmbuilding were constructed in 1743, as indicated by the date on the door lintel, with early and mid-19th century alterations and additions. The buildings are made of squared rubble with dressings, featuring purple slate roofs and dressed stone chimneys.

The farmhouse is a 2-storey, 3-bay structure with tooled quoins. The first floor was rebuilt in the 19th century. The openings have flush surrounds with alternating jambs. The central entrance features a partly-glazed 4-panel door with the inscription "L A I 1743" (referring to Lancelot Allgood) and has replaced 6-pane sash windows. The roof is low-pitched with coped gables and end stacks that have top bands.

To the right of the house is a long 2-storey range of farm buildings, which were constructed in several phases. This range includes loose-boxes on the left and a cart-shed on the right. There are two boarded doors in chamfered surrounds with alternating jambs on the left, and four segmental arches on square-plan piers on the right, with five openings above. The range features stone gutter brackets and a low-pitched roof with a coped right gable. An external stone stair is located on the right return of the farmhouse. Additionally, there is a 2-storey gabled wing and a single-storey outshut at the rear of the house.

Local climate

Fairshaw Farmhouse and Adjoining Farmbuilding on East receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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