Simons Seat Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1987. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Simons Seat Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- haunted-corner-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Simons Seat Farmhouse, Skyreholme Bank, Appletreewick, North Yorkshire, BD23 6DE
- OS grid reference
- SE 072 608
- Coordinates
- 54.04334, -1.89043
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Simons Seat Farmhouse is an 18th-century farmhouse, with alterations from the 20th century. It is constructed of ashlar and rubblestone, with a graduated stone slate roof. The farmhouse has two storeys and a four-bay arrangement. Quoins are visible. A glazed 20th-century door is situated between the central bays, set within a plain stone surround and with a small stone panel above. To the left of the right-hand bay is a glazed 20th-century door in a plain stone surround. A half-glazed door is to the left of the left-hand bay. The windows are generally 3-light, with flat-faced mullions and plain stone surrounds, except for the 4-light window to the left of the central ground floor door. The building features shaped modillions, shaped kneelers, stone coping, end stacks and two stacks to the ridge. The interior includes a large inglenook fireplace with a segmental arch and a beehive oven positioned to one side.
Local climate
Simons Seat Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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 1995
- 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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