Barn 50 Metres North North East of Fernhill Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Barn.

Barn 50 Metres North North East of Fernhill Farmhouse

WRENN ID
patient-bailey-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
SJ 851 745
Coordinates
53.26761, -2.22384
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located 50 meters north-north-east of Fernhill Farmhouse, dates back to the 16th century, with 17th-century outshuts and early 19th-century brickwork. There have been some later alterations in the 19th and 20th centuries. The structure is timber framed, featuring orange brick end walls and infill in English garden wall bond. It has a graduated Kerridge stone-slate roof with a stone ridge. The barn has a rectangular plan consisting of a 3-bay cruck framed corn barn with added outshuts.

On the exterior, most openings are from the 19th century, including a loading bay on the south face, which is sheltered by a hood that overhangs on wooden brackets. Inside, there are two full cruck frames resting on padstones, with tiebeams that have been cut away, collars, and yokes. The junction of the wall plate and principal rafter features short spurs. The side walls are primarily made of small timber frames, and the east side retains the lintel of the original cart entrance. Some trusses from the outshuts still exist, although these areas have been significantly altered for modern use as shippons.

Historically, this site was a monastic grange, and the barn may have been constructed when the farm was acquired by a yeoman following the dissolution of the monasteries around 1540.

Local climate

Barn 50 Metres North North East of Fernhill Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 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 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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