Lower Castle O'Trim Farmhouse and Barn Adjoining to South is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1968. Farmhouse, barn.
Lower Castle O'Trim Farmhouse and Barn Adjoining to South
- WRENN ID
- other-truss-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre MP: Cat Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1968
- Type
- Farmhouse, barn
- OS grid reference
- SD 528 555
- Coordinates
- 53.99398, -2.72136
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Castle O' Trim Farmhouse, built in 1711, is a two-storey house with an end baffle-entry plan, constructed from pebbledashed rubble and topped with a slate roof. The house features three bays, with windows that are rebated and chamfered, although some originally had mullions; only one mullion remains in the second and third bays on the first floor. The left-hand first floor window has one light. There is an inserted doorway with plain reveals to the left of the third bay, while the original doorway in the left-hand bay has a moulded surround and a battlemented lintel inscribed with 'G[T]M 1711'. The house has gable chimneys. Inside, the baffle remains, along with a firehood bressumer, two chamfered and stopped axial beams, and a spice cupboard recess with a moulded surround.
Adjoining the farmhouse to the south is a barn, likely built in the late 18th century, which has exposed rubble walls. The wider shippon end on the right features a recessed wide entrance with plain reveals, while the left side has a pitching hole. At the far left, next to the house, there is a door with a chamfered surround and a pitching door above it.
Local climate
Lower Castle O'Trim Farmhouse and Barn Adjoining to South sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,340 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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