Barn to North of Middlelow Wood is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1989. Barn.

Barn to North of Middlelow Wood

WRENN ID
secret-jade-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 1989
Type
Barn
Address
Barn to North of Middlelow Wood, Witherslack, Meathop and Ulpha, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
SD 426 864
Coordinates
54.27079, -2.88205
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a barn located to the north of Middlelow Wood, likely dating from the 18th century, featuring a re-used cruck truss and some later additions. It is constructed from stone rubble and topped with a slate roof. The west elevation includes a later lean-to outshut that has two stable doors and garage doors on the south side. The barn entrance on the north side has paired pivoted doors. An extension to the north features a pentice over two doors. The north gable end has an entrance with a pivoted wide-boarded door, which has horizontal battens and one vertical batten, secured with a wood latch and hung with the inner face out. The interior has not been inspected but is said to possibly contain a late medieval full cruck truss with spurs and principal rafters, with the roof being higher; there are signs of two cross beams below the spurs and collar.

Local climate

Barn to North of Middlelow Wood sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,520 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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