Grain Kiln with Stable to Rear of Number 39 is a Grade II* listed building in the Pendle local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1970. A C18 Grain kiln. 2 related planning applications.

Grain Kiln with Stable to Rear of Number 39

WRENN ID
patient-sentry-marsh
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Pendle
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 February 1970
Type
Grain kiln
Address
Grain Kiln with Stable to Rear of Number 39, Lane Top, Trawden Forest, BB8 8BU
OS grid reference
SD 912 399
Coordinates
53.85589, -2.13503
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A grain kiln with a stable to the rear, dating from circa 1700. The building is constructed of coursed gritstone with a stone slate roof. It is a one-story structure with a partial basement, extending over three bays. The structure has large quoins, and a chamfered, quoined opening. Each side has a doorway, now a window, on the uphill side, with a row of blocked slit vents located below two small windows. The top gable features a broad cart entrance with rebated jambs and a massive lintel. The other gable has a small basement door beneath a blocked doorway and slit, with a square owl-hole.

The basement door leads, via a low passage containing niches, to a fire-chamber. An arch above the fire-chamber supports a grill formed by stone slats notched into stone joists; the kiln tiles have been removed. The rooms above are connected by chamfered, square-headed doorways. The interior retains original king-post trusses, twin purlins and a ridge. It was likely used for drying oats as well as corn. The kiln represents an exceptionally well-preserved example of this building type.

Local climate

Grain Kiln with Stable to Rear of Number 39 sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 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 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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