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

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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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