Barn Range Adjoining South End of Abbey Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 April 1979. Barn.

Barn Range Adjoining South End of Abbey Farmhouse

WRENN ID
bitter-forge-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 April 1979
Type
Barn
Address
Barn Range Adjoining South End of Abbey Farmhouse, CA27 0DY
OS grid reference
NX 968 122
Coordinates
54.49471, -3.59422
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn range adjoining the south end of Abbey Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building, likely dating from the 18th century, with later additions and alterations. It is constructed of snecked rubble and features quoins. The building has a graduated slate roof and includes two-storey outshots at the rear, which face the road. There is a wagon entrance located at the center of the rear between the outshots, which also have door and window openings on each floor. The farmyard elevation displays doors and windows of various dates. This structure is included in the listing for its group value.

Local climate

Barn Range Adjoining South End of Abbey Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,580 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 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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