The Wool Shop is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1954. Shop.

The Wool Shop

WRENN ID
worn-pedestal-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Yorkshire Dales National Park
Constituency
Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1954
Type
Shop
Address
The Wool Shop, Main Street, Dent, Westmorland and Furness
OS grid reference
SD 705 869
Coordinates
54.27744, -2.45431
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Wool Shop is a small house that has been converted into a shop. It likely dates from the late 17th century or early 18th century, with alterations made in the late 18th century or early 19th century. The building is constructed of random rubble, with the front painted white, and features a stone slate roof. It has a single-depth, three-unit plan.

The exterior consists of two low storeys and four windows arranged in a 1:3 grouping. The ground floor has a central doorway with a panelled and partially glazed door, topped by a deep stone lintel that features 17th-century carved decorations, including lozenges and flowers. To the left of the doorway is a large oblong shop window with 18 panes, and to the right is a large almost-square shop window with 15 panes. On the upper floor, there are 16-pane sash windows above the doorway and to the left, and a larger 20-pane sash window to the right. All of these windows are hornless and have exposed boxes. There is also a similar sashed window on each floor further to the left. A large square chimney is located on the ridge at the junction to the left.

At the rear, there is a small doorway offset to the right, which has a drip-band above it. Above and to the right of this doorway is a round-headed 1-light window with glazing bars. To the left at ground floor level is a 3-light mullioned window with a drip-band, and above this is an altered 3-light window. There is one window on each floor at the right-hand end, with the upper window being sashed and featuring glazing bars.

The interior has not been inspected. The Wool Shop forms a group with the house adjoining to the right and the Post Office adjoining to the left.

Local climate

The Wool Shop sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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