Sundial Farmhouse and Attached Barn is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1966. House, barn. 2 related planning applications.
Sundial Farmhouse and Attached Barn
- WRENN ID
- western-ledge-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1966
- Type
- House, barn
- Address
- Sundial Farmhouse and Attached Barn, West Lane, Askwith, LS21 2JQ
- OS grid reference
- SE 166 483
- Coordinates
- 53.93129, -1.74733
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sundial Farmhouse and the attached barn are located on the north side of Askwith West Lane. The farmhouse dates back to 1681, with alterations made in the mid-18th century, while the barn was built in the late 18th century. The buildings are constructed from coursed squared gritstone and feature graduated stone slate roofs.
The farmhouse is two storeys high and consists of three bays, likely following an end-lobby-entry plan. It has quoins and a four-panel door on the right, with long and short quoined jambs and a cambered arch above the lintel. The ground-floor windows on the left and in the centre are paired 16-pane sashes set in stone surrounds. On the first floor, the left window is a slightly recessed three-light chamfered mullion window, where the left mullion has been removed to accommodate a 16-pane sash. The centre window is similar but has a six-pane sash, while the far-right window is an oval 9-pane window with the inscription "RS" on the lintel. To the left of this window is a rectangular sundial with numerals and the inscription "RS 1681" highlighted in white. The farmhouse has end stacks.
The barn, which consists of three bays, projects forward from the farmhouse. It also features quoins and has central double board doors with quoined jambs and a cambered arch that includes a slightly projecting keystone. The first bay, which is now part of the house, has 20th-century windows in plain surrounds on both the ground floor and first floor. The third bay has three tiers of three slit vents and gable coping on the right. The interior of the farmhouse was not inspected during the resurvey.
Local climate
Sundial Farmhouse and Attached Barn receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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- 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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