Barn at Sowcar Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Barn.
Barn at Sowcar Farm
- WRENN ID
- lost-eave-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cheshire East
- Constituency
- Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1983
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn at Sowcar Farm, Ingersley Road, Rainow
- OS grid reference
- SJ 942 779
- Coordinates
- 53.29849, -2.08737
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn at Sowcar Farm is a corn barn dating from the late 17th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed from coursed squared buff sandstone rubble and features a Kerridge stone-slate roof with a stone ridge. The left end of the barn has been partly reduced and now has an asbestos roof. There is a cart entrance on the left side, which is covered by a segmental rubble arch. To the right end, there is a door with an ashlar surround. Between these features, there are two square pitch-holes above and two lines of ventilation slots. External stone steps lead to the loft against the right gable. A 20th-century breeze block dairy has been added to the right but is not included in the listing. The barn is noted for its group value within the context of the surrounding area.
Local climate
Barn at Sowcar Farm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% 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 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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