Water Trough Against East Side of 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. Water trough.

Water Trough Against East Side of Barn at Sowcar Farm

WRENN ID
still-casement-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1983
Type
Water trough
Address
Water Trough Against East Side of Barn at Sowcar Farm, Ingersley Road, Rainow
OS grid reference
SJ 942 779
Coordinates
53.29847, -2.08715
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The water trough, dated 1692, is located against the east side of the barn at Sowcar Farm. It is a rectangular trough made from a block of buff sandstone and features a setting for a circular container within the rectangular structure. The date is well cut on the side of the trough. Historically, it was formerly buried against the north side of the farmhouse and may relate to the farmhouse's north extension.

Local climate

Water Trough Against East Side of 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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