Barn to East of Howe Top Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1974. Barn.

Barn to East of Howe Top Farmhouse

WRENN ID
rusted-remnant-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 March 1974
Type
Barn
Address
Barn to East of Howe Top Farmhouse, Lakes, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
NY 343 067
Coordinates
54.45214, -3.0136
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn located to the east of Howe Top Farmhouse is a separate two-storey building constructed of stone rubble with a slate roof. The upper section features a ramp leading from the lane to the barn, while the gable end is adorned with arrow slits. The lower section, which faces the farmhouse, contains shippons with a dripstone above and a hay loft that has slits for ventilation. This barn is built into the hillside in a traditional manner.

Local climate

Barn to East of Howe Top Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 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 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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