Former Chapel at Skipton Castle is a Grade I listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1952. Chapel.
Former Chapel at Skipton Castle
- WRENN ID
- lost-merlon-holly
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 April 1952
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Former Chapel at Skipton Castle, the Bailey
- OS grid reference
- SD 990 519
- Coordinates
- 53.96393, -2.01612
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former chapel at Skipton Castle is a freestanding, small rectangular stone building located to the west of the castle in the Bailey. It features a large open Decorated window on the east gable end and another on the south side, which has been built up and has 18th-century doorways inserted. There is an old doorway on the north end of the west side. Inside, the chapel contains sedilia. Additionally, another Decorated window is covered by an added shed.
Local climate
Former Chapel at Skipton Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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