Farm Building Immediately to Southwest 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 C18 Farm building.
Farm Building Immediately to Southwest of Mains Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- waiting-bonework-torch
- 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
- Farm building
- Address
- Farm Building Immediately to Southwest of Mains Farmhouse, B5320, Barton and Pooley Bridge, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 475 245
- Coordinates
- 54.61364, -2.81341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This farm building, located immediately southwest of Mains Farmhouse, is likely from the 18th century, with the eastern end possibly being older and a later 19th-century lean-to added at the rear. It is constructed from stone rubble and has a slate roof. There are four entrances, including a blocked elliptical arch with a triple keystone at the western end. The building features a first-floor granary door and three loading doors, while the eastern end has a two-light single-chamfered-mullioned window. The rear includes a small gabled wing and an outshut with a corrugated iron roof. Inside, the building has collar and tie beam trusses, and the western end, beyond a cross wall, features a tie beam and strut truss, with part of the first floor cut away to accommodate a storage bin.
Local climate
Farm Building Immediately to Southwest 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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