Swallows Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Wigan local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 May 1988. Barn, cow house, stable. 3 related planning applications.
Swallows Barn
- WRENN ID
- fallow-portal-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wigan
- Constituency
- Makerfield MP: Andy Burnham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 May 1988
- Type
- Barn, cow house, stable
- Address
- Swallows Barn, Castle Hill Road, Hindley, WN12 4BX
- OS grid reference
- SD 626 053
- Coordinates
- 53.5438, -2.56549
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Swallows Barn is a former barn and cow house dating to the 17th century, with later alterations. The building is constructed of brick with stone dressings and a stone slate roof. It has four bays. The barn entrance features stone jambs and later timber infill, with ventilation slots to one side. A cow house is situated to the left, with an entrance flanked by windows, all having wedge lintels. A stable is present, with a granary above, accessed by steps to the return. The rear of the building includes later lean-to sheds and a barn entrance with doors. Inside the barn, there are two collar and tie-beam trusses, alongside a single king-post truss. The cow house retains some partitions and a rear feeding passage.
Local climate
Swallows Barn 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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