Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1966. Farmhouse.

Manor House

WRENN ID
winter-string-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North York Moors National Park
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 June 1966
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Manor House, Main Street, Kirby Knowle, North Yorkshire
OS grid reference
SE 470 873
Coordinates
54.2799, -1.27872
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Manor House is a farmhouse built in the late 18th century, with later alterations and additions from the early 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed from coursed squared stone with herringbone tooling and has a Welsh slate roof. The building is two storeys high and consists of two bays, with a 19th-century block added to the rear right corner and a 20th-century block (not of special interest) added at the front angle formed by the two blocks. There is also an outshut at the rear of the main range that extends along the side of the 19th-century addition.

The main range features a central half-glazed door with interlaced glazing bars, set within a wood surround that has pilasters and a dentil cornice, topped with a corbelled hood. On either side of the door are 20-pane sash windows in flush wood surrounds, and above, there are two similar unequally-hung 15-pane sashes. All windows have plain stone lintels and projecting sills. The building has shaped kneelers and ashlar coping, with end stacks.

At the rear, only the first floor of the main range is visible, featuring a central 8-pane side-sliding sash with a keyed lintel. The 19th-century addition has a similar window to the right, a hipped roof, and brick stacks. On the left return of the main range, there is a 16-pane sash window on the ground floor left and a small rectangular opening in the gable. The right return of the 19th-century addition includes several 16-pane sashes with tripartite lintels, and on the ground floor to the left, there is a 12-pane sash window with sidelights and a similar lintel eaves band.

Local climate

Manor House receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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