Powder House is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 1982. Powder house.
Powder House
- WRENN ID
- gentle-lancet-tarn
- 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
- Powder house
- Address
- Powder House, Old Moor Lane, Grassington, North Yorkshire, PH2 8DY
- OS grid reference
- SE 014 658
- Coordinates
- 54.08881, -1.97904
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Powder House is a former powder store for the Grassington Moor lead mines, dating from the late 18th to early 19th century. It is constructed of gritstone rubble and was roofless at the time of the last survey. This small, square, single-storey structure has the remains of a pyramid roof and a small square opening on the north side. Although it is said to have served as an explosives store for the mines, it may have originally been an agricultural building, as its masonry is similar to that of Yarnbury House and Yarnbury Cottage. At the time of the survey, it was in ruins and was reported to have had a stone ball finial on the roof. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Powder 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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