Farmbuildings North of Fenwick Tower is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Farm buildings. 1 related planning application.

Farmbuildings North of Fenwick Tower

WRENN ID
narrow-chamber-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Northumberland
Constituency
Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 August 1986
Type
Farm buildings
Address
Farmbuildings North of Fenwick Tower, Matfen
OS grid reference
NZ 057 728
Coordinates
55.05055, -1.91205
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The farm buildings north of Fenwick Tower consist of byres and stores that date from the medieval period, as well as the 17th and 18th centuries. They are constructed from squared stone and random rubble, topped with a Welsh slate roof. The buildings are single-storey and feature three bays. The entrances include boarded and stable-type doors set within 19th-century tooled-and-margined alternating-block surrounds. To the right of the door, there is a small square window with a double-chamfered surround.

At the east end of this range, there is a wall from a tower that is approximately 9 feet thick and about 20 feet high. A loop light can still be seen within an 18th-century lean-to that has been built against this wall.

Local climate

Farmbuildings North of Fenwick Tower 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 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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