Barn to East of Hole House is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. Barn.
Barn to East of Hole House
- WRENN ID
- calm-chalk-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lake District National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn to East of Hole House, Claife, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- SD 364 999
- Coordinates
- 54.39115, -2.98085
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a barn and outbuildings located to the east of Hole House, possibly dating from the 18th century. It is constructed of stone rubble and has a slate roof. The barn features an L-plan wing that runs parallel to Hole House, which includes an entrance with a timber lintel, a 2-light wooden mullioned window, and a pitching hole to the right. The left side has ventilation slots in the gable end, while the barn itself has pivoted doors and an outshut with a cat slide roof to the left, which includes a return entrance. The right side has blocked entrances, one of which is beneath a dripstone. The rear of the building has a 20th-century lean-to shed. Inside, there are tie beam trusses. The property is owned by the National Trust.
Local climate
Barn to East of Hole House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,530 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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