Barn Circa 10 Metres West of Swift's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1967. Barn.
Barn Circa 10 Metres West of Swift's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- muffled-floor-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 April 1967
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- SD 516 143
- Coordinates
- 53.62315, -2.73259
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located approximately 10 metres west of Swift's Farmhouse, dates back to 1698. It is constructed of coursed sandstone rubble with quoins and features an asbestos sheet roof. The barn has five bays and is aisled on the south side. There are opposed wagon entrances in the centre, with the entrance on the south side set back in a porch within the aisle. A sliding door is located at the left end of the north side, along with a small loading door above it and slit breathers on two levels. The east gable has a flight of stone steps leading to a loft door, while the west gable features slit breathers on five levels. The rear of the barn includes a door into each part of the aisle and a window at the east end. Inside, there is an aisle post with a tie, angle strut, and braces to the purlin.
Local climate
Barn Circa 10 Metres West of Swift's Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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