Coal Storage and Cascade Built Under Driveway Immediately to North of Entrance to Flass House is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1987. Coal storage.
Coal Storage and Cascade Built Under Driveway Immediately to North of Entrance to Flass House
- WRENN ID
- ragged-chapel-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1987
- Type
- Coal storage
- Address
- Coal Storage and Cascade Built Under Driveway Immediately to North of Entrance to Flass House, Crosby Ravensworth, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 627 156
- Coordinates
- 54.53509, -2.57694
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The coal storage and cascade, built under the driveway immediately north of the entrance to Flass House, dates from around 1850 when the house was rebuilt for Wilkinson Dent. This structure is built into the hillside and is screened by an ornamental cascade. It is often mistakenly referred to as an ice house. The coal storage is made of rough-dressed coursed stone and features an ashlar parapet above the driveway, along with a low ashlar wall that fronts the cascade.
Water flows from the top of a large segmental-arched recess, which is adorned with upright sections of limestone pavement. The water cascades down over a series of clam shells that increase in size before falling into a small pool. The enclosing wall is approximately 2 feet high and has flat copings. Access to the coal storage is provided through a segment-headed doorway located to the left of the recess. Inside, the walls are made of stone blocks, and there is a coal chute in the south wall. The roof is stepped and constructed of corbelled slabs.
Local climate
Coal Storage and Cascade Built Under Driveway Immediately to North of Entrance to Flass House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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