Science Block and Lecture Room Giggleswick School is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1987. School.
Science Block and Lecture Room Giggleswick School
- WRENN ID
- shifting-wattle-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1987
- Type
- School
- Address
- Science Block and Lecture Room Giggleswick School, Craven Bank Lane
- OS grid reference
- SD 808 640
- Coordinates
- 54.07226, -2.29435
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Science Block and Lecture Room at Giggleswick School is a building constructed around 1876 and 1900 by the architectural firm Austin and Paley. It features dressed, snecked stone and a Westmorland slate roof. The earlier block from 1876 is single-storey and has a tripartite composition. The entrance is marked by a projecting gabled porch located to the left of the center, which has a Tudor arch above the entrance, flanked by lights, transoms, and two lights above a plank door. There is a chamfered light in the gable. To the left of the entrance, there are three mullioned and transomed windows, and the hipped roof has a louvred vent. On the right side, there are five smaller mullioned and transomed windows with hood moulds, and a tall ridge stack is positioned to the right of the entrance.
The right-hand block, built around 1900, is three storeys tall and features a tower with two storeys and three bays to the right. The tower has a four-light mullioned window on the ground floor and a three-light mullioned window on the first floor. The second floor includes a trefoil-headed light with a hood mould and a parapet. The ground floor has a three-bay arcade with segmental arches to the right. On the upper floor, there is a tall gabled three-light window with mullions and two transoms, flanked by three-light mullioned windows on both sides. The building is topped with a tall hipped roof and is included for its group value.
Local climate
Science Block and Lecture Room Giggleswick School 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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