Cross Keys and Adjoining Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1983. Public house. 3 related planning applications.
Cross Keys and Adjoining Barn
- WRENN ID
- sombre-roof-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1983
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Cross Keys and Adjoining Barn, LA2 6AU
- OS grid reference
- SD 477 656
- Coordinates
- 54.0842, -2.80093
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cross Keys and adjoining barn is a public house built in 1727 and 1830, with alterations made in the early 20th century. The building is constructed from rendered rubble and features a slate roof. It has two storeys, with the left-hand portion showcasing a central entrance flanked by gable stacks. The ground floor includes mullioned windows, all of which are chamfered and rendered. To the left of the entrance is a two-light window, while to the right is a three-light window. The first floor has two sash windows set in plain stone surrounds. The doorway has a chamfered rendered surround, with the date and initials 'RSM 1727' inscribed on the lintel.
The right-hand portion of the building features three two-light rendered chamfered mullioned windows on the ground floor, with two sash windows in plain stone surrounds above. A plaque inscribed 'WPM 1830' is located between the first-floor windows. The southern facade is gabled and includes similar reproduction mullioned windows made of cement render.
Adjoining the left side is a barn made of rubble with a slate roof. The left part of the barn's facade is skewed to align with the road, featuring a wide chamfered opening with a concrete lintel. To the right, there is a wide blocked opening with a segmental arch, which has dressed voussoirs and a keystone. The gable wall on the left has a doorway with chamfered jambs and lintel, along with a two-light rebated and chamfered mullioned window positioned under the apex.
Local climate
Cross Keys and Adjoining Barn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- 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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