The Gothick Folly to the North of Thornborough Hall is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1998. Folly.
The Gothick Folly to the North of Thornborough Hall
- WRENN ID
- tilted-entrance-acorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 March 1998
- Type
- Folly
- OS grid reference
- SE 109 907
- Coordinates
- 54.3125, -1.83251
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Gothick Folly, built around 1790 and restored in the late 20th century, is located to the north of Thornborough Hall in Leyburn. It is constructed from rubble stone with brick, ashlar, and rubble stone dressings. The structure features a square keep with circular towers at each corner, built against a terraced wall, and includes an octagonal turret.
The main south front has a central section framed by a round-headed brick arch with an ashlar keystone. There is a central doorway with a flat lintel in a pointed arch opening, flanked by single pointed arch boarded windows with rendered openings. The circular corner towers have arrow slits on the ground floor and boarded pointed arched windows above. The side facades are blind.
At the top, there is an octagonal lantern with partly collapsed walls, and each face has a pointed arched window with a rendered surround. This folly was designed to enhance the gardens of Thornborough Hall and is situated on a double terrace, offering dramatic views across the gardens and the town.
Local climate
The Gothick Folly to the North of Thornborough Hall receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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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