Haybarn and Cartshed at Widowscroft Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1986. Haybarn, cartshed.
Haybarn and Cartshed at Widowscroft Farm
- WRENN ID
- dim-string-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tameside
- Constituency
- Stalybridge and Hyde MP: Jonathan Reynolds (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1986
- Type
- Haybarn, cartshed
- OS grid reference
- SK 005 972
- Coordinates
- 53.47207, -1.9928
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The haybarn and cartshed at Widowscroft Farm, built in 1837, is constructed from roughly dressed stone and features a graduated stone slate roof. The structure consists of a three-bay haybarn with one enclosed bay to the right, which is situated above the cartsheds that are accessed from a gable at a lower level. There is a continuous outshut at the rear of the building. The roof is supported by square piers in bays one to three, and there are cart doors located in bay four. The gable has finials, although one is missing. The lower-level cartshed features chamfered stone lintels that are supported by square piers with shaped capitals, and the roof is constructed using king-post trusses. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Haybarn and Cartshed at Widowscroft Farm 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 75% 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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