The Ruin, Mowbray Point is a Grade II* listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1987. Folly/banqueting house.
The Ruin, Mowbray Point
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-column-mist
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1987
- Type
- Folly/banqueting house
- Address
- The Ruin, Mowbray Point, Hackfall, Harrogate, Grewelthorpe
- OS grid reference
- SE 232 772
- Coordinates
- 54.19036, -1.64549
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Ruin at Mowbray Point is a folly and banqueting house built around 1750 by Mr. Wood for William Aislabie. It is constructed from ashlar, tufa, and rubblestone and consists of one storey with five bays. The central three bays project forward under a pediment. The central doorway features a pointed arch, flanked by pointed-arched openings, all adorned with voussoirs. The pediment has a moulded cornice made of ashlar and tufa. The outer bays contain rectangular openings and show remnants of wide rubble walls on their outer sides.
The rear elevation may be a slightly later addition designed to resemble a ruined Roman Bath, possibly attributed to Robert Adam. This section has three bays with tall round-arched openings, the central one being the tallest and semicircular in shape, topped with a half dome roof that has three roundels. The outer bays are tunnel vaulted, featuring round-headed niches on each side and lunette niches above them.
Inside, the front part of the building retains remnants of ogee-headed niches with wooden architraves. At the time of the last survey, the structure was in a derelict state. For historical context, see Fishers Hall, Hackfall. The site is also noted in the North Yorkshire Historic Gardens Register as Hackfall, Grade I.
Local climate
The Ruin, Mowbray Point receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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