Barn and Byre to East of Fox House is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. Barn, byre.
Barn and Byre to East of Fox House
- WRENN ID
- secret-chapel-fog
- 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
- Barn, byre
- Address
- Barn and Byre to East of Fox House, Matterdale, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 396 235
- Coordinates
- 54.60354, -2.93522
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn and byre located to the east of Fox House is an 18th-century structure, with the byre dated 1759 on a lintel. It is constructed of coursed rubble with stone dressings and features stone-flagged roofs. The barn is positioned at a right angle to the east end of the house, extending south, while the byre runs east from the barn, creating a T-shape with the house. The barn stands two storeys high and consists of four internal bays. It has a large segmental-arched wagon entrance on the east face, which is adorned with well-cut voussoirs. The blank west face has been recently rebuilt correctly. The single-storey byre has five irregular bays, with various doors and windows on the north front, most of which are now blocked. There are boarded doors at the east end and on the south side. Additionally, there are long lean-to extensions to the south, with the western extension featuring an asbestos roof, which is not of special interest.
Local climate
Barn and Byre to East of Fox House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 63 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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