Ruins of Slingsby Castle is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1954. Castle.
Ruins of Slingsby Castle
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-rafter-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1954
- Type
- Castle
- Address
- Ruins of Slingsby Castle, High Street
- OS grid reference
- SE 696 748
- Coordinates
- 54.16517, -0.93509
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The ruins of Slingsby Castle are the remains of a country house built in the 1620s for Sir Charles Cavendish, likely designed by John Smythson. Constructed from limestone rubble with ashlar dressings, the building is oblong in shape with corner projections. It was originally two storeys high and featured five bays, with projecting stair turrets at the corners. The window openings have quoined jambs and are topped with tooled triangular pediments. There are remnants of a first-floor cornice with a decorated band, and parts of the corner turrets and side walls still stand to two storeys in some areas. The castle was probably never completed, as Sir Charles Cavendish fled to the continent with his brother, the Duke of Newcastle, in 1644. The site is scheduled as an Ancient Monument.
Local climate
Ruins of Slingsby Castle receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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