Stable Block of West House is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1986. Stable block.

Stable Block of West House

WRENN ID
long-moulding-tallow
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
Stable block
Address
Stable Block of West House, Scarhouse Lane, Arkengarthdale, North Yorkshire
OS grid reference
NZ 001 031
Coordinates
54.42397, -1.99849
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The stable block of West House is a late 18th century to early 19th century building located on Scarhouse Lane in Arkengarthdale. It features rubble construction with quoins and a stone slate roof. The ground floor includes two doorways leading to the stables, a small round-arched coach opening with voussoirs, and external stone steps that lead to a boarded door of the hay-loft above. There is also a six-pane sash window on the first floor. This building is included in the listing partly for its group value with nearby structures.

Local climate

Stable Block of West House 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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