Cowshed and Pigsty Approximately 5 Metres to East of Laithehouse to North of Lower Fold Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1975. Cowshed, pigsty.
Cowshed and Pigsty Approximately 5 Metres to East of Laithehouse to North of Lower Fold Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- winding-spire-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Keighley and Ilkley MP: Robbie Moore (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1975
- Type
- Cowshed, pigsty
- OS grid reference
- SE 015 345
- Coordinates
- 53.80769, -1.97868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cowshed and pigsty built in the early 18th century, located approximately 5 metres east of the laithehouse, to the north of Lower Fold Farmhouse in Oxenhope. The structure is made of dry-walled coursed stone and features a stone slate roof. It is two storeys high and consists of one bay, with lean-tos on both the left and right sides, as well as a rear outshut.
The gable front has quoins, and on the left side, there is a doorway with a plain stone surround. In the centre, external steps lead up to a first-floor doorway, which also has a plain stone surround and iron pins in the left jamb. The left lean-to includes a doorway with a plain stone surround and a small square window to its right. The right lean-to features a low doorway and a stone slab pen. At the rear of the building, there are small square vents.
Local climate
Cowshed and Pigsty Approximately 5 Metres to East of Laithehouse to North of Lower Fold Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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