Old Gang Peat Store is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1969. Peat store.

Old Gang Peat Store

WRENN ID
under-roof-hyssop
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1969
Type
Peat store
Address
Old Gang Peat Store, Healaugh Side, Reeth, Fremington and Healaugh, North Yorkshire
OS grid reference
NY 974 007
Coordinates
54.40197, -2.04072
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Gang Peat Store is a peat store built in the late 18th century to early 19th century. It is constructed from limestone rubble and measures approximately 400 feet in length, featuring 39 bays. At the time of the last survey, the building was in a ruinous state, with only the gable end walls and tapering piers of the bay divisions still remaining. It is also designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument, number 1227.

Local climate

Old Gang Peat Store sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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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