Bishopthorpe Garth is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1985. House. 4 related planning applications.

Bishopthorpe Garth

WRENN ID
pitched-cellar-tallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
York
Constituency
York Outer MP: Mr Luke Charters (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 July 1985
Type
House
Address
Bishopthorpe Garth, Sim Baulk Lane, YO23 2UE
OS grid reference
SE 591 479
Coordinates
53.92475, -1.10047
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bishopthorpe Garth is a house built in 1908 by Walter Brierley, with later additions. It is constructed from pinkish brown hand-made brick in English bond and features a pantile roof. The building has a dog-leg layout, consisting of a two-storey, two-bay wing on the left, a single-storey with attic two-bay centre, and a slightly projecting two-storey, single-bay wing on the right. The entrance is located in a porch between the left wing and the centre, featuring a panelled oak door. The house has leaded casement windows throughout, with moulded cill bands, and a straight-headed dormer in the centre range. The gables are adorned with moulded brick decoration, and there are ridge and side stacks with dentil moulding. The central section is topped with a catslide roof. Inside, there is a Jacobean revival open-well oak staircase and other original features, including doors and fireplaces.

Local climate

Bishopthorpe Garth sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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