Lady Lumley's Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1953. Almshouses. 5 related planning applications.
Lady Lumley's Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- high-mantel-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 November 1953
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Lady Lumley's Almshouses, Chestnut Avenue, Thornton-Le-Dale, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 835 830
- Coordinates
- 54.23669, -0.71978
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lady Lumley's Almshouses is a row of 12 almshouses built in 1670, restored in the 19th century, and modernised and extended in the 20th century. They were established under a Trust Deed executed by Lady Elizabeth Lumley in 1657. The building is constructed of squared limestone with a stone flag roof and features a single-cell, lobby-entry plan, with modern rear extensions. It has a single storey and a 24-bay front. The façade includes paired 4-panel doors in plain square surrounds that alternate with 2-light diamond lattice windows featuring cinquefoil heads, also in similar surrounds. A 19th-century tablet in the centre commemorates the origins of the charity. The building has a moulded eaves cornice and seven ridge stacks.
Local climate
Lady Lumley's Almshouses receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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