Barn Approximately 5 Metres North East of Shippon is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1991. Barn.
Barn Approximately 5 Metres North East of Shippon
- WRENN ID
- sunken-gateway-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1991
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- NY 341 411
- Coordinates
- 54.76081, -3.02482
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a field barn located approximately 5 metres north-east of Shippon. It is probably from the 17th century and has been altered. The barn is constructed of random rubble stone with quoins and features a stone slate roof, which has some corrugated sheet patching at the rear. It has a rectangular plan, likely consisting of three bays, oriented on a north-south axis and facing west.
The west front includes a square-headed wagon doorway in the centre, topped with a wooden lintel, and there are several very narrow slit breathers. Both gables are finished with copings and kneelers; the left gable wall has a blocked doorway and an owl-hole in the apex. The rear wall shows four vertical joints and has a blocked 19th-century doorway. The interior was not accessible during the inspection in November 1991, but it appears to have a principal-rafter roof. This barn forms a good visual and functional group with the shippon located approximately 5 metres south-west, together representing a fine example of an upland "outfarm."
Local climate
Barn Approximately 5 Metres North East of Shippon sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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