Bothy at Roadside on East Side of Yard of Upper Swain Royd Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1983. Bothy.

Bothy at Roadside on East Side of Yard of Upper Swain Royd Farm

WRENN ID
empty-belfry-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bradford
Constituency
Bradford West MP: Naz Shah (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1983
Type
Bothy
Address
Bothy at Roadside on East Side of Yard of Upper Swain Royd Farm, Wilsden Road, Sandy Lane
OS grid reference
SE 104 354
Coordinates
53.81559, -1.84275
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The bothy at the roadside on the east side of the yard of Upper Swain Royd Farm is a small, two-storey building constructed in the late 18th century. It is made of sandstone and features a stone slate roof with kneelers at the gable ends. The building has single and two-light square mullion windows set in squared surrounds, as well as a doorway with squared jambs. This structure is included for its group value.

Local climate

Bothy at Roadside on East Side of Yard of Upper Swain Royd Farm sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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