Farm Building East of Hollybank Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1986. Farm building.

Farm Building East of Hollybank Cottage

WRENN ID
riven-chancel-crimson
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 July 1986
Type
Farm building
Address
Farm Building East of Hollybank Cottage, Barracks Lane, Burland and Acton
OS grid reference
SJ 622 504
Coordinates
53.05024, -2.5646
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building east of Hollybank Cottage is a former shippon that has been converted into a garage and store. It dates from the mid-17th century and features a brick nogged timber frame along with brick construction, topped by a roof made of large modern tiles. The structure is single storey and consists of three truss bays. The timber framing is arranged in a small pattern with passing braces, and the gable is six panels wide. It has flush casements and old wide boarded and half-heck doors. Inside, there are strutted trusses, original purlins, and a ridge tree with wind braces.

Local climate

Farm Building East of Hollybank Cottage receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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