Barn Circa 20 Metres North of Hough House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. Barn.
Barn Circa 20 Metres North of Hough House Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- twisted-gallery-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1987
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- SD 591 230
- Coordinates
- 53.702, -2.62033
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located about 20 metres north of Hough House Farmhouse, dates back to 1717, as indicated by the inscription on the lintel of the left door. It is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble with quoins and has a slate roof. The barn features three bays and is a tall structure, which may have been raised around 1880. The plain south side includes a large rectangular wagon doorway that is slightly offset to the left of centre, with long and short jambstones. There are also doors at each end, with the left end door bearing the inscription "M + 1717 1880". The interior has not been inspected. This barn is listed for its group value context.
Local climate
Barn Circa 20 Metres North of Hough House Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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