Southern Farm Building at Scale Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1986. Farm building.
Southern Farm Building at Scale Farm
- WRENN ID
- standing-wattle-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1986
- Type
- Farm building
- Address
- Southern Farm Building at Scale Farm, Roeburndale
- OS grid reference
- SD 623 652
- Coordinates
- 54.08152, -2.57686
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Southern farm building at Scale Farm is a Grade II listed farm store and barn, originally a house and barn, dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of sandstone rubble and features a stone slate roof, standing two storeys tall.
The north wall of the former house has two doors with plain reveals. Next to the right-hand door is a flush chamfered mullioned window, while to the left of the left-hand door is a one-light chamfered stair window. On the first floor, there is a window with a rebated and chamfered surround, and to its right is another window with a plain stone surround. The adjoining barn on the right has a wide entrance with plain reveals and a stone lintel, along with a shippon door to the left with plain reveals. There is also a lean-to addition against the front wall, with another shippon door located to the right of it. The building features chimneys on each side of the former house.
On the south wall of the house, there is a window with a plain stone surround and flat-faced mullions, consisting of five lights, one of which is now blocked. To the right is another window with a plain stone surround, and on the first floor, there is a similar window. The barn on the left has two small widely spaced windows with plain reveals, and there is a pitching hole on the upper floor. The masonry between the barn and the former house is continuous on the ground floor. Under the eaves, there is a straight joint with quoins on the house, indicating that the barn walls were likely raised in the early 19th century.
Inside, the western room of the former house features a shouldered stone fireplace with a moulded mantel. In front of it, between the boxed axial beams and extending upwards through the first floor, is a beef loft, a small compartment recessed into the ceiling for drying beef and hams. The roof has one truss with a tie beam and collar, and a purlin that has been re-used from a cruck building.
Local climate
Southern Farm Building at Scale Farm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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