Barn at Lower Ditches is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1984. Barn.
Barn at Lower Ditches
- WRENN ID
- eastward-attic-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1984
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn at Lower Ditches, Foul Clough Road, Todmorden
- OS grid reference
- SD 917 216
- Coordinates
- 53.69092, -2.12624
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn at Lower Ditches is a mid-18th century structure located in an isolated moorland area near a ruined early 18th century farmhouse. It is built from thin coursed rubble and features a stone slate roof. The barn has an aisle to the east and a projecting porch to the west. The corners of the barn are marked by quoins, and there are opposed cart entries with square-headed portals in the aisle. This aisle continues to showcase two tall stone pointed Gothic arches, supported by thin stone voussoirs, and is divided into three bays. The return walls of the barn have square-headed pitching holes located at the apex. Notably, this barn is part of a group of structures that feature pointed stone arches instead of traditional timber trusses.
Local climate
Barn at Lower Ditches 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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