Rievaulx Abbey is a Grade I listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1955. Abbey, church.
Rievaulx Abbey
- WRENN ID
- waiting-threshold-root
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 January 1955
- Type
- Abbey, church
- Address
- Rievaulx Abbey, Main Street, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 576 849
- Coordinates
- 54.25719, -1.11685
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rievaulx Abbey consists of the abbey church and monastic buildings, which are now in ruins. The structures date from the 12th, 13th, 14th, and 15th centuries and are built from sandstone and limestone. For more detailed descriptions, refer to the Department of the Environment guidebook. The site is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Rievaulx Abbey receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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