Far Rome Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1958. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Far Rome Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- outer-steeple-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 February 1958
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Far Rome Farmhouse, Storth Gill Lane, Giggleswick, BD24 0JP
- OS grid reference
- SD 790 626
- Coordinates
- 54.05952, -2.32172
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Far Rome Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating to 1690, with alterations from the 18th century and 20th century. It is constructed of slobered square rubble with stone dressings, and has a stone slate roof. The building is two storeys high and five bays wide. A rubble plinth runs along the base. The entrance, on the right-hand side of the centre, features a chamfered surround and a decorated lintel dated and inscribed "A G W"; it has a six-panel door. Four ground floor windows are present under a continuous hoodmould which rises over the lintel. These windows include a double-chamfered cavetto mullioned window, a chamfered fire window with a round head and decorated lintel, and two two-light double-chamfered cavetto mullioned windows. The upper floor has four two-light chamfered mullioned windows, and a small round-headed single light window located above the fire window. Gable end ridge stacks and a stack to the left of the centre are present.
At the rear, an 18th-century outshut houses the staircase. The interior includes a segmental arched inglenook fireplace.
Local climate
Far Rome Farmhouse 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 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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