Littleburn is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1969. House. 2 related planning applications.
Littleburn
- WRENN ID
- muted-solder-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1969
- Type
- House
- Address
- Littleburn, Westfield Lane, Thoralby, North Yorkshire, DL8 3BE
- OS grid reference
- SD 994 863
- Coordinates
- 54.27235, -2.01
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Littleburn is a house dating from the late 18th and early 19th century, with possible earlier origins. It was built for the Rokeby family. The house is constructed of coursed rubble with a stone slate roof. It has two storeys and an attic, arranged in five bays. Rusticated ashlar defines the quoins. The central entrance features a part-glazed door within an ashlar architrave, flanked by consoles that support a cornice. Eight-pane casement windows are set within ashlar architraves. The roof features shaped kneelers, moulded ashlar coping, and corniced end stacks.
At the rear, the ground floor has a sash window with glazing bars within an architrave, followed by a two-light chamfered mullion window and a three-light chamfered mullion window. A part-glazed door is contained within a surround with chamfered jambs. The first floor has a three-light double-chamfered mullion window, a round-arched landing window with imposts and a keystone, a chamfered mullion-and-transom window, and another three-light double-chamfered mullion window.
The house was the residence of the Lords Rokeby, including the 4th Lord Rokeby, who wrote a drama, "John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough", which was published in Leyburn.
Local climate
Littleburn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2011
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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