Barn and Byres to South West of Askerton Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1984. Barn, byres.
Barn and Byres to South West of Askerton Castle
- WRENN ID
- burning-niche-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1984
- Type
- Barn, byres
- OS grid reference
- NY 550 692
- Coordinates
- 55.01554, -2.70461
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn and byres located to the south-west of Askerton Castle date from the early 19th century. They are constructed from calciferous sandstone rubble with flush quoins, featuring a graduated green slate roof on the barn and a Welsh slate roof on the byres. The structure is single storey with a loft in the barn, while the byres do not have a loft, enclosing a farmyard on four sides.
The barn includes a large plank door within a segmental-arched cart entrance, with a lower segmental arch to the right that has a loft door above it. The end walls of the barn have slit vents positioned at two levels. The rear double span of the barn has open sides, supported by cast-iron columns. The byres feature half plank doors and casement windows, with lower ranges on two sides. This building is included partly for its group value with Askerton Castle.
Local climate
Barn and Byres to South West of Askerton Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% 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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