Farmbuildings to the North of Witton Shields Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1986. Farmbuilding.

Farmbuildings to the North of Witton Shields Farmhouse

WRENN ID
lapsed-window-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1986
Type
Farmbuilding
OS grid reference
NZ 122 904
Coordinates
55.20791, -1.80861
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The farm buildings to the north of Witton Shields Farmhouse are early 19th century planned structures. They are built from coursed rubble with stone dressings, except for the eastern part of the northern range, which is made of squared stone. The roofs are primarily slate, with pantiles used on the gingang. The buildings form three sides of a rectangular yard, which is enclosed on the south by a rubble wall featuring gabled coping. There is a wide gateway at the east end and a narrower opening at the west end.

The northern range consists of two parts: the left section is single-storey and has three elliptical-arched cart entrances, while the right section is two-storey with two elliptical-arched cart entrances and an external stone stair leading to a boarded loft door. There are two windows to the right of this section. The eastern part contains single-storey byres with three boarded doors, and the western barn features three boarded doors along with a slit vent between the left pair. At the rear, there is a hexagonal gingang supported by two stepped stone piers, with two rebuilt in brick, and it has an unusually steep conical roof.

Local climate

Farmbuildings to the North of Witton Shields Farmhouse receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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