Dame School is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 October 1982. School.
Dame School
- WRENN ID
- crooked-joist-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 October 1982
- Type
- School
- Address
- Dame School, Orton, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 645 074
- Coordinates
- 54.46101, -2.54873
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Dame School, now a dwelling, was built in 1780 by yeomen farmers of Raisbeck and underwent repairs in 1857. It was converted for residential use in the late 20th century. The building is constructed from coursed, squared rubble with quoins and features graduated slate roofs. It is two storeys high and has a single bay. There is an added lean-to porch with a plank inner door and a 20th-century window to the right, along with a small casement window above. A stone chimney is located at one end.
Local climate
Dame School sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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