Barn to North of East Oldwall is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1984. Barn.

Barn to North of East Oldwall

WRENN ID
empty-tracery-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cumberland
Constituency
Carlisle MP: Ms Julie Minns (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1984
Type
Barn
Address
Barn to North of East Oldwall, Irthington
OS grid reference
NY 481 617
Coordinates
54.94787, -2.81127
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a barn located to the north of East Oldwall, dating from the late 18th century. It features coursed red sandstone rubble walls and a roof made of stone-slate and Welsh slate with a stone ridge. The barn has two storeys and multiple bays. There is a central projecting entrance for the barn, with an arched cart entrance on the far left. Other entrances and the loft are fitted with plank doors, and there are external stone steps leading to the loft. To the right, there is a single-storey extension that shares similar architectural details and a Welsh slate roof. This barn is included for its group value.

Local climate

Barn to North of East Oldwall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,090 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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