Former Cottage to West of Halsteads and Lean to at Rear is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1988. Cottage.

Former Cottage to West of Halsteads and Lean to at Rear

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 November 1988
Type
Cottage
Address
Former Cottage to West of Halsteads and Lean to at Rear, Thornton in Lonsdale
OS grid reference
SD 684 732
Coordinates
54.15447, -2.48482
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This former cottage, located to the west of Halsteads, has been converted into stables and is now used as a store. It dates from the early 18th century, with some alterations made in the 19th century. The building is constructed of slobbered rubble with stone dressings and features a stone slate roof. It has a two-cell plan and is two storeys high with a double front.

The central entrance has a moulded surround and a 19th-century plank stable door. On the ground floor, there are two flanking 2-light double chamfered mullioned windows with sashes that do not have glazing bars. There are likely two similar windows on the upper floor, although they are now obscured by vegetation.

At the rear of the building is a mid-19th-century lean-to that incorporates a reused late 17th-century entrance. This entrance features a moulded surround and a decorated lintel inscribed with the phrase: "AB ALIO SPERES ALTERI QUOD FECERIS 16 AF 70," where "AF" refers to the Foxcroft family. It is believed that this entrance surround was removed from Halsteads during the early 19th-century alterations.

Local climate

Former Cottage to West of Halsteads and Lean to at Rear 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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