Cow Byre Approximately 10 Metres to North-West of Low Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 April 1988. Cow byre.

Cow Byre Approximately 10 Metres to North-West of Low Farmhouse

WRENN ID
vacant-keystone-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 April 1988
Type
Cow byre
OS grid reference
SE 022 792
Coordinates
54.20897, -1.96759
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The cow byre, located approximately 10 metres to the north-west of Low Farmhouse, dates from the mid to late 18th century. It is constructed of rubble with a stone slate roof and has two storeys and two bays. The building features quoins and a central board door set in an ashlar surround, which has bases and interrupted jambs. To the left of the door is a small barred window, while there are no openings on the first floor. At the rear, there is a first-floor board pitching door in a flush dressed-stone surround. On the right side, there are ashlar surrounds to two doorways, one of which has been partially blocked to create a window.

Local climate

Cow Byre Approximately 10 Metres to North-West of Low Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 60 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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