Barn to North of Moons Town Head Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1958. Barn. 1 related planning application.

Barn to North of Moons Town Head Farmhouse

WRENN ID
swift-rafter-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1958
Type
Barn
Address
Barn to North of Moons Town Head Farmhouse, Cove Road, Malham, North Yorkshire, BD23 4DJ
OS grid reference
SD 898 632
Coordinates
54.06493, -2.15586
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn located to the north of Moons Town Head Farmhouse is an 18th-century structure. It is built of rubble with a stone slate roof and consists of two bays. On the right side, there is a door featuring a chamfered surround and a flat arched head. The central waggon porch has a segmental-arched entrance, and to the left, there is an outshut with a catslide roof. This barn is included in the listing for its group value with the farmhouse.

Local climate

Barn to North of Moons Town Head Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,280 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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