Shippon and Granary at Lima Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Agricultural building.

Shippon and Granary at Lima Farmhouse

WRENN ID
quartered-pillar-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Peak District National Park
Constituency
Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1983
Type
Agricultural building
Address
Shippon and Granary at Lima Farmhouse, Billinge Road, Rainow, Cheshire East
OS grid reference
SJ 950 777
Coordinates
53.29654, -2.07628
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The shippon and granary at Lima Farmhouse is likely from the late 17th century, with later alterations and a 19th-century addition of a carthouse. It is constructed from coursed squared buff sandstone rubble, topped with a Kerridge stone-slate roof and a stone ridge. The building has a long rectangular plan and features a two-storey, seven-bay front. The left end serves as a shippon, while the right side has a door leading to the granary on the upper storey, which is accessed by a pair of flights of stone steps. Adjacent to the door is a small two-light stone-mullioned window with leaded glazing. The remaining openings are rectangular, with some featuring sub-triangular lintels and others having heavy wooden frames. The right end bay includes a cart entrance with a rock-dressed elliptical headed doorcase. There is also access to an under storey from the left side and rear. Inside, the building has a timber-framed and brick nogged partition wall, along with many heavy beams, some of which are cambered.

Local climate

Shippon and Granary at Lima Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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