Former Outbuildings and Cattle Shed at the Rear of Frenchfield Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1983. Outbuilding.
Former Outbuildings and Cattle Shed at the Rear of Frenchfield Farm
- WRENN ID
- ruined-tallow-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1983
- Type
- Outbuilding
- Address
- Former Outbuildings and Cattle Shed at the Rear of Frenchfield Farm, Hunter Hall School, Penrith, CA11 8UA
- OS grid reference
- NY 534 296
- Coordinates
- 54.65956, -2.72237
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former outbuildings and cattle shed at the rear of Frenchfield Farm, located in Penrith, date from the mid-19th century. These buildings are arranged in a square courtyard plan and feature a series of blocked segmental arched sheds. Constructed from stone and topped with slate roofs, the structures were converted into a school in the early 1990s.
Local climate
Former Outbuildings and Cattle Shed at the Rear of Frenchfield Farm sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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