Barn South of High Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. Barn.
Barn South of High Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- last-vestry-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn South of High Farmhouse, Langwathby
- OS grid reference
- NY 570 334
- Coordinates
- 54.69456, -2.66813
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located south of High Farmhouse, dates from the mid-18th century. It features coursed red sandstone rubble walls topped with a graduated sandstone slate roof. The barn is single storey and consists of three bays. There is a central segmental-arched cart entrance, a casement window on the left, and a 20th-century opening on the far left, which is supported by a steel girder. To the right, external stone steps lead to a loft doorway, with another doorway located beneath the steps. A lean-to extension on the left also has a sandstone slate roof. At the rear, there is a red-sandstone extension that includes 20th-century plank doors. The barn is listed for its group value with High Farmhouse.
Local climate
Barn South of High Farmhouse 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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