Portal to Incline Plane at Cononley Lead Mine is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1987. Incline plane.

Portal to Incline Plane at Cononley Lead Mine

WRENN ID
slow-vestry-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1987
Type
Incline plane
Address
Portal to Incline Plane at Cononley Lead Mine, Stockshott Lane
OS grid reference
SD 980 460
Coordinates
53.9108, -2.0308
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The portal to the incline plane at Cononley Lead Mine was built around 1847, likely by Stephen Eddy for the Duke of Devonshire. It is constructed from coursed squared, rock-faced stone. The stone-lined walls on either side lead down to a semi-circular headed portal featuring large voussoirs and a projecting keystone. Inside, the tunnel is barrel vaulted with dressed stone near the entrance, transitioning to rubble stone about 10 yards in. This structure is part of a group of lead mine buildings that were constructed by the Duke of Devonshire's agents between 1842 and 1847.

Local climate

Portal to Incline Plane at Cononley Lead Mine 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 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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