Hallsenna with Adjoining Barn, Stables and Dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 March 1967. House, barn, stables, dovecote.
Hallsenna with Adjoining Barn, Stables and Dovecote
- WRENN ID
- second-merlon-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 March 1967
- Type
- House, barn, stables, dovecote
- OS grid reference
- NY 063 011
- Coordinates
- 54.39721, -3.44418
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hallsenna, along with its adjoining barn, stables, and dovecote, is a property located on the east side of the track in Gosforth. This mid-18th century building has undergone later additions and alterations. It is constructed from snecked rubble with quoins and features graduated slate roofs with stone ridges, copings, and kneelers, as well as end chimneys on the house.
The house is two storeys tall, although it was originally a single-storey structure. The main part of the house is symmetrical with three bays. The central section has a glazed door flanked by tripartite sash windows on both floors. There is a lower single-bay extension, set back at the north end, which has sash windows on each floor and a lean-to porch. All openings are framed with stone surrounds.
Adjoining the house to the south is a large bank barn, originally comprising three bays, with one additional bay added later. The barn features a wagon entrance to the first floor at the rear, three plank doors, and two small windows on the ground floor front, along with a winnowing door and vent slits above. Steps on the south return lead to the rear, where an arch connects the dovecote to the barn. The dovecote has three plank doors, two small doors, and brick openings above for ventilation.
Local climate
Hallsenna with Adjoining Barn, Stables and Dovecote sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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