Pigsties at North East Corner of Farmyard at Long Rigg Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1992. Pigsties. 1 related planning application.

Pigsties at North East Corner of Farmyard at Long Rigg Farm

WRENN ID
narrow-moulding-cedar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1992
Type
Pigsties
Address
Pigsties at North East Corner of Farmyard at Long Rigg Farm, Eskdale Green, Cumberland
OS grid reference
NY 139 006
Coordinates
54.39381, -3.32705
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The pigsties at the north-east corner of the farmyard at Long Rigg Farm are a range of agricultural buildings dating from 1903, constructed for Lord Ree of Gatehouse. They are built from random granite rubble with quoins and feature a graduated slate roof. The structure has a narrow rectangular plan that includes four pigsties and a cattle box or bull-pen at the left end, with pens located in front of all.

This single-storey building includes a loft and has two pairs of low square-headed doorways for the pigsties. The pens in front are enclosed by partitions made of massive stone slabs and a rubble front wall, which has two pairs of gates and four earthenware feeding troughs. The bull-pen at the left end features a wide segmental-headed doorway with an outward-opening board door, and it is surrounded by much higher rubble walls that have rubble battlements.

The entire range includes three slit breathers for the loft, which can be accessed by external steps located at the right-hand gable wall. This building is part of a complete model farm, which also includes a barn, shippon, stable block, multifunctional range, manure shed, and boundary wall.

Local climate

Pigsties at North East Corner of Farmyard at Long Rigg Farm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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