Drybeck Hall and Attached Buildings is a Grade II* listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1984. A C17 House.
Drybeck Hall and Attached Buildings
- WRENN ID
- open-loft-wax
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Drybeck Hall and Attached Buildings, Hoff, Westmorland and Furness
- OS grid reference
- NY 669 153
- Coordinates
- 54.53265, -2.51235
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Drybeck Hall and its attached buildings date back to 1679, with a later kitchen extension added to the rear. The structure is built from coursed, squared rubble on a plinth and features a graduated slate roof with corniced stone chimneys at the south end and to the right of the center. The outshut has a stone-flagged surface.
The building has a two-storey, eight-bay front. The part-glazed door is framed by moulded jambs and a lintel, which includes carved crenellation, initials, and the date "W.S. & G.S. 1679." In front of the right jamb, there is a stone block with a shallow bowl on top and concave corner mouldings, which is inscribed with "Ann Shepherd 1742." The original two-light mullioned windows are arranged in pairs, with the fourth from the left on the ground floor being a three-light window. Two of the ground floor windows on the left have been replaced with 20th-century versions. There is a small sash window in a stone surround on each floor to the left of the door, with a 20th-century window above. A string course runs across the front above the ground floor, rising to clear the door, and there is a continuous hoodmould above the first floor. An original, partly blocked attic window is present in the south gable.
Inside, there are panelled doors and a panelled heck screen, along with two moulded fireplaces. The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments suggests an early 18th-century date for the fireplaces, but they may be original. An early 18th-century byre with a hay loft above has been added at the north end. This structure is also made of coursed, squared rubble with quoins and has a graduated slate roof, featuring a corniced stone chimney at the south end. It includes three plank doors with chamfered jambs and false four-centred heads, one of which has been replaced with a 20th-century concrete lintel. There is a chamfered square opening above the central door, and steps lead up to the loft door on the left. Later single-storey outbuildings to the north are not included in this listing.
Local climate
Drybeck Hall and Attached Buildings sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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