Grinton Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1986. Youth hostel. 2 related planning applications.
Grinton Lodge
- WRENN ID
- odd-merlon-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 April 1986
- Type
- Youth hostel
- Address
- Grinton Lodge, North Yorkshire, DL11 6HS
- OS grid reference
- SE 048 975
- Coordinates
- 54.37375, -1.92722
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Grinton Lodge is a former shooting lodge, now functioning as a youth hostel, built around 1800 and significantly altered since its construction. It was commissioned by James Fenten. The building features pebble-dashed rubble and a stone slate roof, with structures of one, two, and three storeys arranged around a courtyard. The openings are framed with ashlar sandstone, showcasing classical and Gothick design elements, along with castellated rooflines.
The east front has two storeys, featuring a canted bay with three windows on each floor, followed by three first-floor windows that have round-headed openings and straight-headed sashes with glazing bars. To the right, there is a three-storey tower with stepped diagonal buttresses. The south elevation consists of two storeys with nine irregular first-floor windows. On the north side, there is a single-storey range with three two-light flat-faced mullion windows, each with lintels that have carved hood-moulds.
Access to the property is from the west through a carriage entrance that has a segmental-arched head. Inside the courtyard, directly opposite the carriage entrance, is the main baronial-style doorway set within a single-storey porch. The south range may have originally served as coach houses and stables. Inside, the common room features a canted bay with an Adam style fireplace. Grinton Lodge stands out as a prominent feature in the surrounding landscape.
Local climate
Grinton Lodge receives an average of 960 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% 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 — 2 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
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