Lowfields is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1958. A C18 Farmhouse.
Lowfields
- WRENN ID
- watchful-thatch-jet
- 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
- Lowfields, Thornton in Lonsdale
- OS grid reference
- SD 662 740
- Coordinates
- 54.16075, -2.51788
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lowfields is a farmhouse dated 1763, with alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of slobbered rubble with painted stone dressings and has a stone slate roof. The building features a central staircase plan and is two storeys high with a double front. The central entrance is flanked by engaged pilasters and has a keyed basket arched lintel above a plank door, with a mid-19th century gabled hood. Above the entrance is a datestone on brackets, featuring Doric pilasters and a cornice, inscribed with "L W A 1763." The farmhouse has two windows per storey, all of which are three-light recessed flat faced mullioned windows with moulded surrounds, fitted with two-pane casements and fixed lights. Gable end ridge stacks are present. The interior is not accessible.
Local climate
Lowfields 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 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
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