Barn North West of Whitrigg is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1986. Barn.

Barn North West of Whitrigg

WRENN ID
stranded-window-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1986
Type
Barn
Address
Barn North West of Whitrigg, Skelton
OS grid reference
NY 472 359
Coordinates
54.71568, -2.82109
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located north-west of Whitrigg, dates from the late 18th century. It features mixed sandstone and cobble rubble walls, complemented by red sandstone V-jointed quoins. The structure is topped with a graduated greenslate roof that has coped gables and kneelers. It is a large multi-bay barn with a loft, showcasing significant architectural elements such as large projecting cart entrances on the central and left sides, along with slit vents positioned on two levels in between. There is a left pent extension and right plank doors set in quoined surrounds beneath a loft doorway. The left return wall, which runs parallel to the front of the house, includes an oval gable vent. The rear has 20th-century extensions that are not of interest. This barn is listed for its group value with Whitrigg.

Local climate

Barn North West of Whitrigg 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 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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