Byres and Barn North East of Mechi Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 January 1986. Byres and barn.
Byres and Barn North East of Mechi Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- salt-eave-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 January 1986
- Type
- Byres and barn
- Address
- Byres and Barn North East of Mechi Farmhouse, Blennerhasset and Torpenhow
- OS grid reference
- NY 174 411
- Coordinates
- 54.75842, -3.28486
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The byres and barn located northeast of Mechi Farmhouse were built between 1863 and 1864 for William Lawson of Brayton. These structures feature polychrome rubble walls with flush red-sandstone quoins and are topped with a hipped Welsh slate roof over the tower. The long, single-storey byres have a triple-span design and are enclosed on two sides by L-shaped stables and a granary. There is a low square tower on the right and an adjoining open-sided barn. The buildings have boarded doors, some set in segmental arches, and all feature red-sandstone surrounds. The barn's roof is supported by tall brick piers. Inside, remnants of the turbine shafts and gearing can still be seen. The complexities of these buildings are detailed in William Lawson's book, "Ten Years of Gentleman Farming," published in 1874. This site is part of a model farm group and is listed for its group value with Mechi Farmhouse and the associated farm buildings.
Local climate
Byres and Barn North East of Mechi Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,250 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% 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 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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