Farmbuildings on West Return of Wydon Eals Farmhouse, Enclosing 3 Sides of Farmyard is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1967. Farm buildings.
Farmbuildings on West Return of Wydon Eals Farmhouse, Enclosing 3 Sides of Farmyard
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-facade-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1967
- Type
- Farm buildings
- Address
- Farmbuildings on West Return of Wydon Eals Farmhouse, Enclosing 3 Sides of Farmyard, Featherstone
- OS grid reference
- NY 681 623
- Coordinates
- 54.95485, -2.4996
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The farm buildings at Wydon Eals Farmhouse, dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century, now serve as loose-boxes and storage. Constructed from coursed and squared rubble with dressings, the shelter shed features a Welsh slate roof, while the other buildings have corrugated-asbestos roofs. These structures enclose three sides of a large square-plan farmyard.
The south range, which is two stories high and has two bays, is located on the west return of the farmhouse. It includes a blocked doorway, two blocked windows under the eaves, and a roof that is hipped at the west. The west range is also two stories and consists of eight bays, featuring a double row of breathers, a tall elliptical archway, and a 20th-century opening on the outer face. It has scattered breathers, two doorways with alternating jambs, and an external stone stairway facing the yard, with a roof that is hipped at the north.
The north range consists of two builds: a two-story, three-bay shelter shed with a loft above, and a single-story, two-bay hemmel on the south side. The shelter shed has two elliptical arches, a doorway, and an external stone stairway on the ground floor facing the yard, along with a boarded door and two square openings above, topped by a low-pitched roof. The hemmel features two wide segmental arches facing the yard. These buildings are included for their group value.
Local climate
Farmbuildings on West Return of Wydon Eals Farmhouse, Enclosing 3 Sides of Farmyard sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,010 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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