Hen House and Pig Sties to West of Town Head Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1984. Hen house and pig sties.

Hen House and Pig Sties to West of Town Head Farmhouse

WRENN ID
nether-chapel-winter
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
Hen house and pig sties
Address
Hen House and Pig Sties to West of Town Head Farmhouse, Long Marton
OS grid reference
NY 665 248
Coordinates
54.61732, -2.51981
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The hen house and pig sties located to the west of Town Head Farmhouse were built in the mid to late 19th century. They are constructed from squared, snecked rubble with quoins. The building features a single-storey, four-bay front with a lean-to roof made of graduated slate, which has stone coping at the eastern end. On the front, there is a window to the left of three doors, all of which have elliptical heads. The west gable includes two bird-access holes, and the rear wall shows the remains of four bee-boles with triangular heads.

Local climate

Hen House and Pig Sties to West of Town Head Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% 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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