Barn to South West of Topthorne Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1962. Barn.
Barn to South West of Topthorne Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- watchful-flint-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1962
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn to South West of Topthorne Farmhouse, Whinfell
- OS grid reference
- SD 556 985
- Coordinates
- 54.38032, -2.68379
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a barn located to the south-west of Topthorne Farmhouse, dating from the 18th century with later additions. The structure is built of stone rubble and has a slate roof. The south end is at a lower level due to the slope of the ground. The east elevation features a later lean-to outshut with a corrugated iron roof, along with windows, a loading door, and an open-fronted shed at the northern end. The south gable end has three drip courses, a segmental-headed entrance, and two upper openings. There are two entrances with flat arches on the left and one entrance on the right. The west elevation includes a barn entrance with an outshut to the right. The interior has not been inspected but is said to contain an 18th-century beam.
Local climate
Barn to South West of Topthorne Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 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 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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