Barn and Horse Engine House Approximately 30 Metres West of the Hills Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Newcastle-under-Lyme local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1985. Barn, engine house.
Barn and Horse Engine House Approximately 30 Metres West of the Hills Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- peeling-stronghold-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Constituency
- Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1985
- Type
- Barn, engine house
- Address
- Barn and Horse Engine House Approximately 30 Metres West of the Hills Farmhouse, TF9 2PA
- OS grid reference
- SJ 696 338
- Coordinates
- 52.90112, -2.45263
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn and horse engine house, located approximately 30 metres west of the Hills Farmhouse on Beresford Road, is likely from the early 19th century and has seen later additions and alterations. It is constructed of red brick, with some sections built on a coursed sandstone base, and features plain tiled roofs with coped stone verges on kneelers. The building has an 'L'-shaped plan that runs along the south and west sides of the farmyard, with the horse engine house situated in the angle between the two ranges.
The barn has two levels. In the south range, there are two rows of brick ventilators at the upper level, with three lozenge-shaped air vents located between the eaves hatch. The ground floor includes four 20th-century windows, one of which is blocked. The west range features two brick ventilators flanking a wide blocked cart entrance, again with lozenge-shaped air vents between; there are two to the left and three to the right of the blocked entrance, along with three 20th-century windows on the ground floor. The gable end has eight rows of single air vents, some of which are partly blocked by a late 19th or early 20th-century cowshed that is not included in the listing, as well as a loft entrance.
The horse engine house is half-octagonal with infilled sides, and the machinery has been removed. There is a wide threshing entrance located at the rear of the barn.
Inside, the south range features a queen-post roof with seven bays, double-purlins, and collar beams, while the west range has a king-post roof. There are tallet steps at the rear of the south range, along with a fire insurance plate.
Local climate
Barn and Horse Engine House Approximately 30 Metres West of the Hills Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2008
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