Scout Farmhouse and Attached Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1984. Farmhouse, barn.

Scout Farmhouse and Attached Barn

WRENN ID
moated-merlon-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1984
Type
Farmhouse, barn
Address
Scout Farmhouse and Attached Barn, Cross Lee Road, Todmorden
OS grid reference
SD 931 258
Coordinates
53.7286, -2.1057
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Scout Farmhouse and the attached barn date from the early 18th century. The building is constructed of watershot masonry and has a stone slate roof. It is two storeys high and has a double pile layout. The exterior features quoins and two bays of double chamfered mullioned windows, with five lights on the left and six lights on the right, each with a doorway on both floors (some mullions have been removed). There is one contemporary stack at the ridge and an early 19th-century stack at the gable. The return wall has double chamfered mullioned windows with three lights on each floor (some mullions removed).

The barn projects forward and also features quoins, with a segmental arched cart entry on skewbacks that has composite jambs and a moulded edge for the door. This entry now serves as a portal in the aisle. The return walls of the portal continue to form two tall stone Gothic pointed arches on either side of the threshing area, which have well-dressed voussoirs and a chamfered surround, creating a barn with three bays. On either side of the arch, there is a chamfered light and a doorway with monolithic jambs.

At the rear, there is a single-storey outshut, previously used as a kitchen, which retains a beehive oven and a large fireplace. This section features a gable, quoins, and a four-light double chamfered mullioned window. The rear of the house has double chamfered mullioned windows with two lights and four lights, including a four-light window on the first floor. Inside the house, there is a fireplace with a stone moulded shelf set in the corner of the rear room, while the front room has a tall fireplace on corbelled jambs with a moulded shelf.

Local climate

Scout Farmhouse and Attached Barn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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