Barn And Former Bacon Factory, North Howes is a Grade C listed building in the Dumfries and Galloway local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 30 September 1987. Barn, bacon factory.
Barn And Former Bacon Factory, North Howes
- WRENN ID
- silent-cobble-sage
- Grade
- C
- Local Planning Authority
- Dumfries and Galloway
- Constituency
- Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale MP: David Mundell (Con)
- Country
- Scotland
- Date first listed
- 30 September 1987
- Type
- Barn, bacon factory
- OS grid reference
- NY 187 670
- Coordinates
- 54.99133, -3.2709
- Source
- Historic Environment Scotland listing
Description
The buildings known as the Barn and Former Bacon Factory at North Howes date from the 18th and 19th centuries and have undergone some alterations. They are located on the north and south sides of a steading courtyard and were likely constructed in the second half of the 18th century. Both structures are built from rubble with ashlar dressings, and their roofs are primarily slated.
The barn, which is situated beside the driveway, has a rectangular plan and features large archways on each long wall, although the southern archway is blocked. There are two tiers of narrow slit ventilators, most of which are also blocked, and some alterations have been made to the courtyard area. The skews of the barn are adorned with simple moulded skewputts.
The bacon factory has a rectangular plan and includes a large full-height opening facing the courtyard. Inside, the walls have square recesses designed for timbers that were used to suspend bacon.
Local climate
Barn And Former Bacon Factory, North Howes sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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