Barn to North-East of Swan Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1989. A Post-medieval Barn.

Barn to North-East of Swan Inn

WRENN ID
graven-panel-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 February 1989
Type
Barn
Period
Post-medieval
Address
Barn to North-East of Swan Inn, A683, Middleton, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
SD 622 866
Coordinates
54.2743, -2.58132
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a bank barn located to the north-east of the Swan Inn, dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is constructed of coursed stone rubble and features a slate roof. The south elevation projects forward at the eastern end and includes an outshut with a catslide roof. There are two barn entrances: one to the west of the forward break and another to the west of the outshut, both featuring pentices and paired doors, with the former also having a smaller inserted door. An additional entrance has been inserted at the west end, and the outshut has a return entrance.

The east gable end features a two-light double-chamfered-mullioned window with intermediate bars, along with a window below it and another double-chamfered window to the right. There are four cow house doors, three of which have segmental arches and are located under the remains of a dripcourse, with pivoted doors. The gable also has three pigeon loft openings. The north elevation also breaks forward at the eastern end and has a later lean-to outshut at the western end. It includes a double-chamfered window and a plain window at the eastern end, along with a winnowing door above and another winnowing door to the west of the forward break. Square ventilation holes are present as well.

Inside, the barn has ten collar and tie beam trusses with cambered collars. The outshut contains a small structure made with riven stone slabs in timber framing on three sides, a wide-boarded door with strap hinges, and remnants of a lath and plaster ceiling.

Local climate

Barn to North-East of Swan Inn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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