Yorke's Folly is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1987. A C18-C19 Folly.
Yorke's Folly
- WRENN ID
- wild-corbel-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1987
- Type
- Folly
- Address
- Yorke's Folly, Nought Bank Road, Bewerley
- OS grid reference
- SE 158 635
- Coordinates
- 54.06748, -1.75916
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Yorke's Folly is a folly or landmark built in the late 18th to early 19th century for a member of the Yorke family. Constructed from gritstone and ashlar, it features two shafts designed to resemble the ruins of an east window or church crossing, complete with springers for arches and deeply-chamfered quoins. Each shaft is L-shaped in plan and stands approximately 15 metres high. Originally, it was part of a structure with three columns known as 'Three Stoups', but one column was blown down in 1893. It is said that the folly was built during a time when work was scarce in the district and served as a landmark 'for many generations' by 1894, according to H Speight. The Yorke family constructed a new hall at Bewerley between 1815 and 1820, and it is likely that this landmark was created as part of the area's landscaping during that period.
Local climate
Yorke's Folly sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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