Bee House to West of Dale Head Farmhouse and Wall to Left is a Grade II* listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 December 1990. Bee house.
Bee House to West of Dale Head Farmhouse and Wall to Left
- WRENN ID
- fossil-postern-amber
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 December 1990
- Type
- Bee house
- Address
- Bee House to West of Dale Head Farmhouse and Wall to Left, Westerdale, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- NZ 677 044
- Coordinates
- 54.43089, -0.95675
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The bee house located to the west of Dale Head Farmhouse was built in 1832 as a purpose-built shelter for bees. It is constructed from sandstone and features a purple Lakeland slate roof in a lectern shape. The structure is a single low storey with a plinth that has a coping band. Above this, there is an arcade of six shouldered segmental arches with monolith heads, supported by side masonry and single slabs in between. The alcoves created by these arches were used to shelter straw bee skeps during the winter months. The building also has a band at the eaves, stone ridge and end copings, and moulded kneelers.
To the left of the bee house, there is a short length of low wall that holds a bronze plaque, which dates the building and notes its restoration in 1983 by the National Park Committee.
Local climate
Bee House to West of Dale Head Farmhouse and Wall to Left receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% 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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