Range of Farmbuildings North-East of Bungalow at the Southern Farm, Old Town is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 August 1985. Farmbuilding, barn. 4 related planning applications.
Range of Farmbuildings North-East of Bungalow at the Southern Farm, Old Town
- WRENN ID
- north-lime-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 August 1985
- Type
- Farmbuilding, barn
- Address
- Range of Farmbuildings North-East of Bungalow at the Southern Farm, Old Town, Colliery Lane, Allendale, NE47 9LP
- OS grid reference
- NY 814 579
- Coordinates
- 54.91569, -2.291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This range of farm buildings, located north-east of the bungalow at the southern farm in Old Town, consists of a bastle house from the late 16th century or early 17th century, which was remodeled around 1700 and partly rebuilt in 1984. It also includes a barn dated 1821, featuring the initials I.P. on its lintel. The buildings are constructed of rubble with stone dressings. The barn has a stone slate roof, while the bastle has a 20th-century metal roof.
The elevation facing the farmyard is two storeys high. The barn includes boarded doors with alternating jambs, one of which is located on the first floor above an external stone stair, along with slit vents. The bastle to the right has upper and lower doorways with chamfered surrounds that have been re-set in the rebuilt wall. The left return features a round-headed opening, likely re-used, in the gable. The rear elevation displays various openings, including a door with a dated lintel.
Inside, the end wall of the bastle retains its original byre doorway with a chamfered surround and a drawbar tunnel, along with old first-floor beams. The first floor also contains an 18th-century fireplace. The buildings are referenced in "Shielings and Bastles" by Mercer, McDowall, and Ramm, published by HMSO in 1970, where it is identified as Wester Old Town.
Local climate
Range of Farmbuildings North-East of Bungalow at the Southern Farm, Old Town 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 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 42 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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