1a 1b and 2, Broughton Fold is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1989. House. 4 related planning applications.
1a 1b and 2, Broughton Fold
- WRENN ID
- muted-cupola-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1989
- Type
- House
- Address
- 1a 1b and 2, Broughton Fold, Grassington, North Yorkshire, BD23 5AL
- OS grid reference
- SE 002 639
- Coordinates
- 54.07169, -1.9973
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A house or workshop, now comprising two flats and a house, was built in 1754 and converted in the 20th century. The building is constructed of coursed gritstone rubble with a graduated stone slate roof. It is divided into three bays, with the left two bays rising to three storeys and the right bay reduced to two storeys. A recessed bay on the far right is not of particular interest. Quoins are present. The three-storey portion features a 20th-century central door within a chamfered surround of sawn stone, flanked by three-light windows with slightly recessed flat-faced mullions. Similar windows are present on the first floor. An inserted square window is located above the door, and a reset datestone with raised lettering "I M 1754" is positioned on the far left. The two-storey section to the right, known as Broughton Cottage, has a 20th-century stable door in a sawn stone surround to the right, along with three-light flat-faced mullion windows to the left on both the ground and first floors. A rectangular window sits above the door. Stone gutter brackets are present on both sections, with end stacks to the three-storey building; the stack on the right also serves the two-storey house. The left bay has had the ground floor cut away, with the upper storey being supported by a cast-iron beam. The reset datestone was likely originally positioned above the main entrance and removed when a corner of the building was demolished to allow vehicular access to the Fold. The interior was not inspected during resurvey. The building is historically significant, reflecting economic changes in the mid-18th century when miners arrived to work the lead mining fields beyond Yarnbury. It may have been built as a speculative venture, intended to house multiple families and potentially incorporating workshop or storage facilities.
Local climate
1a 1b and 2, Broughton Fold sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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