Barn East of Viaduct Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1986. Barn.
Barn East of Viaduct Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dim-rubblework-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1986
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn East of Viaduct Cottage, Hutton, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 429 279
- Coordinates
- 54.64336, -2.88612
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn east of Viaduct Cottage is a 17th-century structure, dated and inscribed above the entrance with "SC 1736". It features mixed sandstone rubble walls with flush quoins and is topped with a graduated greenslate roof. The barn is two storeys high and consists of four bays. On the left side, there is a large segmental cart doorway along with several smaller doorways, all set in stone surrounds, one of which has a dated lintel. On the right side, there is a loft doorway. The left return wall includes an oval vent in the gable. This barn is listed for its group value with Viaduct Cottage.
Local climate
Barn East of Viaduct Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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