Barn Approximately 15 Metres South of Frosthwaite Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. Barn.

Barn Approximately 15 Metres South of Frosthwaite Farmhouse

WRENN ID
little-newel-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1984
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
SD 499 868
Coordinates
54.2747, -2.77086
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a barn located approximately 15 meters south of Frosthwaite Farmhouse, dating from the 18th century, with a later lean-to addition on the northwest side. The barn features stone rubble walls with through stones and a graduated greenslate roof topped with a stone ridge. It has a central wagon door that is flanked by board doors and a small slate canopy above. To the right of the wagon door, there is a small window with pegged timber chamfered mullions, and a shippon door is located in the northeast gable.

Local climate

Barn Approximately 15 Metres South of Frosthwaite 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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