Barn and Attached Mill Approximately 20 Metres South East of Lowna Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Barn, mill.
Barn and Attached Mill Approximately 20 Metres South East of Lowna Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- twisted-glass-pine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Barn, mill
- OS grid reference
- SE 687 909
- Coordinates
- 54.30979, -0.94507
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn and attached mill, located approximately 20 metres south-east of Lowna Farmhouse, is a Grade II listed structure. The mill dates back to 1803 but has earlier origins and was extended around 1840, while the barn was built around the same time. It was commissioned by Thomas Baxter. The buildings are constructed from squared limestone with quoins and feature a pantile and corrugated asbestos roof.
The barn is rectangular in shape, two storeys high, and has a five-bay front. It includes two stable doors on each side of a shuttered square opening. The loft openings are square and fitted with board shutters at the centre and right end. All openings are rebated and have heavy tooled lintels. The left gable end features a flight of stone steps leading to a loft door, topped with a diamond-shaped compass and a weather-vane in the form of a female figure.
The mill is one and a half storeys high with a three-bay front, now enclosed by a later building. It has a board door on the left, with a blocked doorway and window on the right, and two pitching windows for the loft. Timber lintels are present over all openings. Inside, the machinery has been dismantled, but the pit for a high breast undershot wheel remains. Originally a corn mill, it was acquired by Thomas Baxter in 1801 and later used for pumping water for the Baxters' tannery, which operated until 1914. The mill powered an oak bark hoist and crusher, bone-crushing machinery, and a woodsaw.
Local climate
Barn and Attached Mill Approximately 20 Metres South East of Lowna Farmhouse receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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