Barn west of Forge House is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 2012. Barn. 4 related planning applications.

Barn west of Forge House

WRENN ID
outer-glass-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 2012
Type
Barn
Address
Barn west of Forge House, Forge Farm, Eskdale, Holmrook, Cumberland, CA19 1TT
OS grid reference
SD 146 992
Coordinates
54.3819, -3.31521
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn located west of Forge House is a 19th-century structure built from rough and angular local granite, featuring large squared quoins and a graduated greenslate roof. It has a rectangular plan with small outshuts on the south gable and west elevation.

This three-bay barn is oriented north-south along a minor road that separates it from the Grade II listed Forge House and its attached buildings. The long east elevation includes a central cart opening with a cambered arch, alongside a blocked door and window opening to the right. There are ventilation slits on either side of the entrance at the upper level. The south gable features a small 20th-century outshut and an owl hole at the apex, with a similar owl hole present in the north gable. The west elevation has a later 19th-century outshut attached to its north end and shows the remains of a blocked cart entrance. One of the quoins is crudely inscribed with initials and the date 1812 or 1819.

Inside, the barn contains wooden stalls and feeders, along with remnants of a cobbled floor. The original roof structure consists of a through purlin design with two pegged trusses, one of which has angle struts, and rough purlins. The nature of the trusses suggests they may have been re-used from an earlier building.

Local climate

Barn west of Forge House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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