Shippon and piggery at Higher Barns Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Wrexham local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 October 2005. Agricultural building.
Shippon and piggery at Higher Barns Lodge
- WRENN ID
- burning-loggia-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wrexham
- Constituency
- Wrexham MP: Andrew Ranger (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 20 October 2005
- Type
- Agricultural building
- Address
- Shippon and piggery at Higher Barns Lodge, Lower Wych, Bronington
- OS grid reference
- SJ 477 436
- Coordinates
- 52.98781, -2.77951
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The building is a shippon and piggery located at Higher Barns Lodge, dating from the 19th century. The shippon is constructed of brick and features a slate roof with a dentil verge. It has two split doors, with the left-hand door being a replacement, and both doors are fitted with strap hinges. Adjacent to the shippon on the left side is the lower piggery, which is also made of brick and has a slate roof with a dentil verge. The piggery includes a replacement boarded door. On the left gable end of the piggery, there are two low round-headed openings, with the left-hand opening located within one of two low added outshuts at the rear.
Local climate
Shippon and piggery at Higher Barns Lodge receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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