Lythe (House on North) with Barn Adjoining to South is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1986. House.

Lythe (House on North) with Barn Adjoining to South

WRENN ID
broken-mantel-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lancaster
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1986
Type
House
OS grid reference
SD 665 632
Coordinates
54.0642, -2.51313
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lythe is a house dating from 1679, which has been altered, and it has a barn adjoining to the south that is probably from the late 18th century. The house is constructed of sandstone rubble and has a tiled roof, while the barn has a slate roof. It is two storeys high.

On the east wall of the house, there is an enlarged window on the left with a rebated and chamfered surround and a hood. Further to the right, there is a blocked one-light window with a similar rebated and chamfered surround under a hood, which extends over a four-light window with flat-faced mullions. The first floor features three windows with plain reveals, and there are chimneys at both ends of the house.

The current entrance is located through the north wall of an outshut added at the rear of the house. This doorway appears to have been re-set and features a moulded surround with a lintel that is decorated with leaf and tendril designs, inscribed with 'RSE 1679'.

The barn, located to the left of the house's east facade, has a wide entrance with a segmental arch and keystone, which is now partly blocked with brickwork. To the right of the barn entrance is a door with plain reveals, and to the left is a pitching hole with brick reveals. The interior of the house was not accessible at the time of the survey but is said to have exposed ceiling beams.

Local climate

Lythe (House on North) with Barn Adjoining to South 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 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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