Barns, Byres, Wagon Sheds and Saw Mill to North East of Howgill Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1984. Agricultural outbuildings.

Barns, Byres, Wagon Sheds and Saw Mill to North East of Howgill Castle

WRENN ID
old-niche-swift
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 May 1984
Type
Agricultural outbuildings
Address
Barns, Byres, Wagon Sheds and Saw Mill to North East of Howgill Castle, Milburn
OS grid reference
NY 665 292
Coordinates
54.65758, -2.51971
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The agricultural outbuildings located to the north-east of Howgill Castle were likely built in the late 19th century. They are arranged around a courtyard and constructed from squared, snecked rubble or coursed rubble, topped with hipped Welsh slate roofs. The south range was originally symmetrical, featuring a higher section with three wagon doors on each side of a larger arch that leads into the courtyard. There is a single wagon door and a tack-room at either end of the lower buildings. The barns and byres are accessed from the courtyard. The north range served as a steam threshing barn, with a sawmill built around 1880 attached externally on the west side, which is powered by an undershot waterwheel that is still in use.

Local climate

Barns, Byres, Wagon Sheds and Saw Mill to North East of Howgill Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 68 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 45 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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