Former Institute is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. Institute. 1 related planning application.

Former Institute

WRENN ID
inner-ember-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
Country
England
Type
Institute
Address
Former Institute, Muker, North Yorkshire, DL11 6LJ
OS grid reference
NY 892 011
Coordinates
54.40535, -2.16649
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Former Institute in Muker, dated 1861, is built of coursed rubble with a stone slate roof. It has two storeys and features a symmetrical facade with two groups of five bays. The building has rusticated hammer-faced quoins and an end entry that includes steps leading up to a four-panel door set within a round-arched doorway, which is framed by ashlar quoining and a shallow gabled porch. On either side of the entrance, there are narrow round-arched windows with 13 panes, also in ashlar surrounds, each adorned with small keystones. The roof is hipped. On the rear elevation, there is a window consisting of three round-arched lights with keystones, set in a chamfered surround. The right side of the building features a sash window with tooled dripmoulds. This structure is included for its group value.

Local climate

Former Institute sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 67 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 44 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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