Carving Approximately 30 Metres North East of the Priory is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1987. Sculpture.
Carving Approximately 30 Metres North East of the Priory
- WRENN ID
- under-parapet-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1987
- Type
- Sculpture
- OS grid reference
- SE 511 579
- Coordinates
- 54.0149, -1.2203
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This carving, located approximately 30 metres north-east of The Priory, dates from the 19th century and features a 14th-century finial. Made of limestone, it has a square base and a truncated pyramid shape, reaching a total height of about 1.75 metres. The carving is richly detailed in a vernacular style, showcasing buildings and rural scenes, and is topped with a reused crocketed finial. The origins of this intriguing piece remain unknown.
Local climate
Carving Approximately 30 Metres North East of the Priory receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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