Barn West of Dovenby Mill is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Barn.
Barn West of Dovenby Mill
- WRENN ID
- pitched-cobalt-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn West of Dovenby Mill, Bridekirk
- OS grid reference
- NY 104 332
- Coordinates
- 54.68624, -3.39122
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn west of Dovenby Mill is a mid-19th century structure built from calciferous sandstone rubble, featuring flush quoins and a graduated greenslate roof with gable bargeboards. It stands 2½ storeys high and comprises five bays. The barn has a central elliptical carriage arch, flanked by plank doors, and includes a central loft doorway along with slit vents on two levels. This building is listed for its group value with Dovenby Mill House.
Local climate
Barn West of Dovenby Mill sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,420 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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