Former Cow House and Attached Shelter Shed Immediately North of Crofters Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 May 1978. Cow house, shelter shed.

Former Cow House and Attached Shelter Shed Immediately North of Crofters Public House

WRENN ID
stubborn-oriel-root
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Barrow and Furness MP: Michelle Scrogham (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
5 May 1978
Type
Cow house, shelter shed
Address
Former Cow House and Attached Shelter Shed Immediately North of Crofters Public House, Holbeck Park Avenue
OS grid reference
SD 228 700
Coordinates
54.12056, -3.1813
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former cow house and attached shelter shed, located immediately north of the Crofters Public House, is an early 19th-century structure that has been altered and is now used as a disused community centre and part of the public house. The buildings are constructed of red sandstone rubble and feature graduated slate roofs. The cow house is L-shaped, consisting of a two-storey, eight-bay section that connects to a one-storey, seven-bay shelter shed.

The cow house has large quoins, three boarded doors, and three casements set under segmental arches. It also includes slit vents and two round-arched pitching holes on the first floor. The rear of the cow house features two round-arched doors that are accessed by a 20th-century ramp and stairs. The interior was not inspected during the survey, but it was noted to be timber-buttressed.

The shelter shed has four open-fronted bays supported by monolithic limestone piers, with the fifth bay infilled. Bays six and seven have been altered to integrate with the Crofters Public House. The structure includes principal-rafter trusses. Together, these buildings are part of a planned farm group.

Local climate

Former Cow House and Attached Shelter Shed Immediately North of Crofters Public House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,670 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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