Outbuilding to South West of Hardwick Farmhouse (West) is a Grade II listed building in the North East Derbyshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 July 1993. Farm outbuilding, cowhouse.

Outbuilding to South West of Hardwick Farmhouse (West)

WRENN ID
muffled-merlon-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North East Derbyshire
Constituency
North East Derbyshire MP: Louise Sandher-Jones (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 July 1993
Type
Farm outbuilding, cowhouse
Address
Outbuilding to South West of Hardwick Farmhouse (West), Hardwick Lane, Ashover
OS grid reference
SK 337 648
Coordinates
53.17937, -1.49674
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a farm outbuilding, formerly a cowhouse, located to the south-west of Hardwick Farmhouse. It dates from the 18th century and has some alterations from the 20th century. The building is constructed from coursed squared rubble gritstone, featuring plain dressings, quoins, plain gables, and a roof covered with stone slates. The east elevation is two storeys high and has five bays. There are doorways, two of which have massive quoined surrounds beneath plain lintels, while the third is an inserted opening. The doors are plain planked stable doors. There are three windows, two of which are in blocked inserted door openings and have 19th-century window frames. The upper three bays have a paved threshold. At the south end, there is an offshut with a roof made of corrugated sheeting. The building is listed for its group value.

Local climate

Outbuilding to South West of Hardwick Farmhouse (West) receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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