The Count House is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1982. Former office.
The Count House
- WRENN ID
- buried-column-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 1982
- Type
- Former office
- Address
- The Count House, Old Moor Lane, Grassington, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 014 658
- Coordinates
- 54.08869, -1.97873
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Count House is a former agents' office for the Grassington Moor lead mines, dating from the mid-19th century. It is constructed from coursed hammer-dressed gritstone in diminishing courses and was roofless at the time of the last survey. The building is single storey and consists of one bay. The entrance is located on the north side, to the right, featuring voussoirs to a round arch and a blocked fanlight. On the left side, facing the road, there is a 2-light window with a flat-faced mullion and a flush surround. The stonework is well-dressed and similar to that of Yarnbury Lodge, indicating it was built during a time of high productivity at the mine, which peaked in 1853 when Grassington's population exceeded 1,000. The Count House likely served as the office where miners collected their wages, and the 2-light window was probably unglazed, replacing the office that was previously located inside Yarnbury House.
Local climate
The Count 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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