Model Farm, Fenton Barns is a Grade B listed building in the East Lothian local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 7 December 1988. Warehouse.

Model Farm, Fenton Barns

WRENN ID
rooted-floor-storm
Grade
B
Local Planning Authority
East Lothian
Constituency
Lothian East MP: Mr Douglas Alexander (Lab)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
7 December 1988
Type
Warehouse
OS grid reference
NT 513 822
Coordinates
56.03024, -2.78258
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

Model Farm at Fenton Barns is a building designed by J Inch Morrison between 1938 and 1940. It features a two-storey rectangular plan and is a flat-roofed warehouse originally intended as a model milking complex in the International Modern style. The exterior is rendered and painted.

On the west elevation, there is a bold U-shaped projecting stair with a multi-light, semi-circular window. A broad doorway with a slab hoot is located at the southern projection. To the right, there are tripartite lights at both the ground and first floors. Recessed panels to the left serve as moveable openings. Plain band courses are present to the right and encircle the corner, where there were formerly cill and lintel courses for a window strip and doorway, which are now blocked.

The south elevation features single-storey projecting offices, while a multi-gabled warehouse is located at the rear.

Local climate

Model Farm, 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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