Farm Building at Greenbank Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Flintshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 15 August 2001. Farm building.

Farm Building at Greenbank Farm

WRENN ID
strange-landing-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Flintshire
Constituency
Clwyd East MP: Becky Gittins (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
15 August 2001
Type
Farm building
Address
Farm Building at Greenbank Farm, Northop
OS grid reference
SJ 262 669
Coordinates
53.19406, -3.10556
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The farm building at Greenbank Farm comprises three ranges which enclose a yard open to the south. The west range, facing east, has an attic storey and a slate roof. The left half is constructed of large blocks of sandstone, with some repatching, while the right half is weatherboarded on a high brick plinth. Originally used as a milking parlour, feed was prepared in the attic and dropped down, and it was later converted into two loose boxes. A wide entrance with a long timber lintel is on the left, followed by a partly boarded window with a stone wedge lintel. The weatherboarded section has a second wide opening, now used as a garage. Towards the right and in the angle is a straight external brick stair with stone treads and an open steel handrail, leading to a gabled attic doorway with a planked door.

The east-west range, facing south, is the longest. It contains a former barn to the far left, constructed of rubble stone under a slate roof. To the right of the barn is a planked door leading to a through-passage, with two tiers of brick-lined ventilation slits to the left, now blocked. A butt joint indicates a later range was added, likely necessitating the demolition of the right part of the original barn. The roofline continues, but this section is constructed of larger blocks of sandstone with slates of a different colour. Stable doors are to the left under a segmental brick head, followed by three wide hopper windows with concrete lintels, likely early 20th-century insertions relating to dairying. Above, brick-lined pitching eyes, now glazed, are situated to the left and centre (the loft floor is said to have been removed). Adjoining to the right is a long, L-shaped range, lower and without a loft. This range is constructed of rubble stone under a slate roof, with stable doors under the eaves to the far left, followed by three irregular hopper windows. To the right is a wide, full-height boarded opening. The range continues at right angles and faces west, with a recessed planked door to the far left. Further to the right are four stable doors with segmental brick heads, except for the one on the left, which has an overlight. The rear of the buildings is partly visible.

The west range has a narrow window with a wedge lintel, while the north range has a planked door to the rear side of the through-passage. To the right of this door are two small loft hatches and two windows. A door and window lead from the north range into a cowhouse, which then connects to large modern cow sheds. The rear side of the east range has a boarded window to the left and has been rebuilt in blockwork to the right.

The former barn retains its through-passage, but otherwise has no original features. A inserted stone wall is on the right, with a doorway into the cowhouse, which was not entered during the survey.

Local climate

Farm Building at Greenbank Farm receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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