Cattle Shelter/Herdsman's Hut in Field to North of Village is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1990. A Victorian Cattle shelter.

Cattle Shelter/Herdsman's Hut in Field to North of Village

WRENN ID
ancient-wall-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 March 1990
Type
Cattle shelter
Period
Victorian
Address
Cattle Shelter/Herdsman's Hut in Field to North of Village, Aldingham
OS grid reference
SD 270 726
Coordinates
54.14459, -3.11796
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a cattle shelter or herdsman's hut located in a field to the north of the village, built in the mid-19th century for the Huddleston family. It is one of a group of buildings constructed as follies. The structure is made of drystone with thick, battered walls and features a stone vault, which was partly collapsed at the time of the survey in 1986. The ends of the building are semicircular in shape, each with a low, semicircular-headed entrance. Additionally, there is a small circular hole in the center of the vault, possibly for a stovepipe.

Local climate

Cattle Shelter/Herdsman's Hut in Field to North of Village sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,650 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 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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