Dutch Barn Approx 50 Yards North of Matfen High House is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Barn.
Dutch Barn Approx 50 Yards North of Matfen High House
- WRENN ID
- drifting-floor-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- NZ 051 697
- Coordinates
- 55.02253, -1.92126
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a Dutch barn located approximately 50 yards north of Matfen High House, dating from the mid-19th century. It is constructed from snecked stone with ashlar dressings and features a Welsh slate roof. The barn has one tall storey and consists of six bays. It has an open front and sides, supported by square ashlar piers at the corners and in the center, with cast-iron columns in between. The gables are wood boarded, and the rear wall includes patterns of ventilation slits.
Local climate
Dutch Barn Approx 50 Yards North of Matfen High House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% 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 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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