Shippon Approximately 200 Metres South of Fellhill Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1991. A C17 Shippon.

Shippon Approximately 200 Metres South of Fellhill Farm

WRENN ID
carved-steel-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1991
Type
Shippon
OS grid reference
NY 341 411
Coordinates
54.76071, -3.02502
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a shippon, dated 1668 on the lintel of the door, located approximately 200 meters south of Fellhill Farm. It has been slightly altered and is constructed of mixed random rubble with quoins and a stone slate roof. The shippon features a rectangular two-unit plan aligned on an east-west axis, facing north. It has two low storeys and two bays, characterized by very narrow slit breathers and gable copings with kneelers.

The western bay includes a square-headed doorway with a moulded surround, a rectangular lintel inscribed with raised lettering "R+R /I I # PM / 1668" (with the # representing a square with circled corners) and a hoodmould. Above and to the left of this doorway is a loading doorway with chamfered jambs and a wooden lintel. The eastern bay has a square-headed doorway with a plain 19th-century surround, flanked by a pair of very small chamfered rectangular windows.

The gable walls and rear of the building are blind, but the left end shows traces of a formerly adjoining building. Inside, the shippon is laterally partitioned at the ground floor only, with a loft floor in the western bay. Each bay contains two lateral sets of three wooden boskins, likely from the 19th century, and the roof features four principal-rafter trusses supporting two pairs of purlins. This shippon forms a good visual and functional group with the barn located approximately 5 meters northeast, representing a notable example of an upland "outfarm."

Local climate

Shippon Approximately 200 Metres South of Fellhill Farm 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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