Barn Immediately North of Mains Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. A Probable 18th century Barn. 1 related planning application.
Barn Immediately North of Mains Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- carved-moat-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 January 1991
- Type
- Barn
- Period
- Probable 18th century
- Address
- Barn Immediately North of Mains Farmhouse, B5320, Barton and Pooley Bridge, Westmorland and Furness, CA10 2NG
- OS grid reference
- NY 475 246
- Coordinates
- 54.61401, -2.81318
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a barn, probably from the 18th century, located immediately north of Mains Farmhouse. It features stone rubble construction with some ashlar elements and slate roofs. The south elevation includes an elliptical arch leading to a through passage, with ashlar dressings and a small entrance at the western end, along with ventilation slots. The north elevation has a later entrance to the through passage and an outshut under a catslide roof at the western end. At the eastern end, there is a gin gang with a rounded end and a low wall supported by rectangular piers. The roof of the gin gang has a kingpost truss and stop-chamfered members, with an entrance on the west side and another entrance with chamfered reveals to the east of the gin gang.
Local climate
Barn Immediately North of Mains Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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