Barn to West of Askham Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1968. Barn.
Barn to West of Askham Hall
- WRENN ID
- proud-corridor-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1968
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn to West of Askham Hall, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 515 239
- Coordinates
- 54.60849, -2.75168
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located to the west of Askham Hall, is likely from the 18th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and has a slate roof. The west elevation features two segmental-headed barn entrances, with a larger straight-headed entrance inserted between them. There are also some blocked arched entrances. At the north end, there is a lean-to outshut. The east elevation has a continuous outshut beneath a catslide roof and several entrances, including a two-light flat-faced-mullioned window.
Local climate
Barn to West of Askham Hall 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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