High Barns Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 November 1952. Farmhouse.
High Barns Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- guardian-alcove-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 November 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- High Barns Farmhouse, Hincaster
- OS grid reference
- SD 502 849
- Coordinates
- 54.25813, -2.76546
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
High Barns Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates back to the early 18th century, although a 20th-century plaque above the front porch states the year 1612. The building has undergone later alterations, including a single-storey extension on the left side and an outshut added to the rear. The walls are made of roughcast rendered rubble, and the roof is covered with graduated greenslate. It features two stepped, projecting end chimneys with slate drips and paired round shafts. The farmhouse is three storeys high and has three windows, which are 2-light casements with chamfered stone surrounds, flat mullions, and leaded lights.
The central porch, which is gabled and from the 20th century, has an inner door that is boarded and made of oak with studs. The outshut at the rear has a similar door that has been re-hung using the original strap hinges. Inside, there is an oak staircase that runs the full height of the house, featuring a closed string, square newels, and turned balusters. The living room includes an 18th-century fireplace with a corbelled head and oak beams. The first-floor landing has 18th-century panelled doors, which may have been brought from another location.
Local climate
High Barns Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,480 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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