Charcoal Barns to West of Duddon Iron Furnace is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Charcoal barn.

Charcoal Barns to West of Duddon Iron Furnace

WRENN ID
fossil-courtyard-foxglove
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Charcoal barn
Address
Charcoal Barns to West of Duddon Iron Furnace, Millom Without, Cumberland
OS grid reference
SD 196 882
Coordinates
54.28382, -3.23617
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The charcoal barns, located to the west of the Duddon Iron Furnace, date from the early 18th century, with a later barn added to the west. Constructed from stone rubble, these barns currently have no roof and are arranged in an L-plan. The earlier barn, situated to the north-east, features a segmental arched opening on its gable end and a first-floor opening leading to the later barn. The later barn to the south-west is built into the slope of the ground and includes a two-storey lean-to that projects to the north-east, along with an entrance that has a timber lintel. The inner side of the south-west wall, which is built into the ground, displays large raking buttresses. There are two entrances at the upper level, and the inner side of the north-east wall is coated with slag in its central part. This site is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Local climate

Charcoal Barns to West of Duddon Iron Furnace sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,610 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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