Fenton Barns is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 December 1988. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Fenton Barns

WRENN ID
second-belfry-primrose
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
7 December 1988
Type
Farmhouse
OS grid reference
NT 514 816
Coordinates
56.02498, -2.78004
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Fenton Barns is a mid-19th century farmhouse that features a symmetrical, three-bay design with classical details. It is two stories tall and has an L-shaped plan, with single-storey projections at the rear. The exterior is constructed from squared and snecked rubble, with ashlar dressings.

On the southeast elevation, there are three wide bays, with a door located in the advanced, pedimented central bay. The outer bays have large tripartite windows at ground level. The rear (north) elevation includes a gabled wing to the right, with a single-storey eastern projection to the left and a piend-roofed addition. The sash and case windows have a 12-pane glazing pattern, while the tripartites feature 4 and 8-pane configurations. The building has corniced ashlar stacks, with one unusually located at the centre of the main house's ridge. The roofs are slate, with the southern wing having a piended design.

Additionally, there are short ashlar gatepiers with moulded coping at the northwest, accompanied by rubble-coped quadrant walls made of rubble.

Local climate

Fenton Barns receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% 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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