Church House is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. Public hall and chapel. 5 related planning applications.
Church House
- WRENN ID
- high-frieze-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Public hall and chapel
- Address
- Church House, Main Street, Grassington, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 002 639
- Coordinates
- 54.07187, -1.99812
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church House is a building that dates back to 1694 and is now used as a public hall and chapel. It features coursed gritstone rubble and a graduated stone slate roof. The structure has two storeys and three first-floor windows, with a projecting gabled bay on the right side. The main range includes a central board door set in a chamfered quoined surround, topped by a large lintel shaped into a segmental arch, which bears raised lettering featuring the letter "A" along with cross, S, P, and heart motifs.
The building has recessed chamfered mullion windows, with a four-light window to the left of the door and a six-light window with a king mullion to the right. A continuous stepped drip moulding runs along the top. On the first floor, there is a two-light window with a hoodmould, while a mullion was removed and the sill lowered to accommodate a 20-pane sash window. Additionally, there are a four-light and a three-light window to the right, both under a continuous hoodmould. Between the first-floor windows, there is a stone plaque that may have once been a sundial, now featuring a 20th-century clock.
The bay on the right side has 19th and 20th-century openings. Inside, the entrance leads to a large fireplace with a voussoired arch and a side oven, although the stack has been removed. The house is believed to have been built by Stephen and Alice Peart, although the builder's surname likely began with "A." In the 18th century, it was converted into livery stables, with the Chapman family operating from the premises in the 19th century. After serving as a Temperance Hotel, the church purchased the building in 1924 and consecrated it for worship.
Local climate
Church House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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
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