Stocks is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1988. Stocks.
Stocks
- WRENN ID
- over-chancel-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1988
- Type
- Stocks
- Address
- Stocks, Thornton in Lonsdale, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SD 685 736
- Coordinates
- 54.15767, -2.48299
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stocks in Thornton in Lonsdale, dating from the early 18th century, have been altered in the 20th century. The structure features millstone grit posts that are approximately 1.1 metres tall, with mortices on the inner faces for a former top rail. The millstone grit base includes four notches, while the wooden top rail was added around 1970.
Local climate
Stocks sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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