Embsay Kirk is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. House. 2 related planning applications.
Embsay Kirk
- WRENN ID
- vast-finial-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Embsay Kirk, Kirk Lane, Embsay with Eastby, North Yorkshire, BD23 6SF
- OS grid reference
- SE 010 543
- Coordinates
- 53.98508, -1.98496
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Embsay Kirk is a house built around 1780, with some alterations made in the 19th century. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar and features a stone slate roof. The building has a central staircase plan and presents a garden front that is three storeys high with five bays, including a canted central bay. The central entrance is highlighted by a portico supported by Doric engaged columns and features an open pediment with guttae on the soffit, French windows, and a round-headed fanlight. The ground floor has six windows, while the first and second floors each have seven windows, all with moulded surrounds and projecting sills, and are fitted with sash windows. The central window on the first floor includes an apron and dripstone. The eaves cornice is adorned with shaped modillions. The hipped roof has gable ends, with ridge stacks positioned to the left and right of the centre. To the left of the main house is a former billiard room from around 1870, which is a single-storey structure with one bay. Inside, the central staircase and a right-hand service stair were rearranged around 1830, featuring stone steps, an open string, and stick balusters. The house is located on the site of the former Augustinian Priory of Saint Cuthbert.
Local climate
Embsay Kirk sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- 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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