The Harts Head is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1987. Inn. 4 related planning applications.
The Harts Head
- WRENN ID
- swift-obsidian-khaki
- 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
- Inn
- Address
- The Harts Head, Main Road, Giggleswick, BD24 0BA
- OS grid reference
- SD 812 641
- Coordinates
- 54.07251, -2.28775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hart's Head is an inn built in the early 19th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. It features watershot masonry with stone dressings and a slate roof. The building has a central staircase plan and stands three storeys high with three bays. The central entrance is framed by Tuscan pilasters and a segmental arched lintel, topped with a cornice, and has 20th-century glazed doors. There are two ground floor windows and three windows on both the first and second floors, all with plain surrounds, projecting sills, and 16-pane sash windows. The building also has projecting quoins, eaves modillions, gable end coping, and gable end ridge stacks.
To the right, there is a 19th-century wing that has undergone 20th-century alterations. This section is made of slobbered squared rubble with stone dressings and a slate roof, and it is two storeys high with three bays. The left-hand entrance features a plain surround and a six-panel door. A ground floor window to the left of the entrance has a plain surround and 25-pane sashes, while two small ground floor windows on the right have plain surrounds and casements. On the upper floor, there are three windows with plain surrounds; two on the left have 20-pane sashes, and the right-hand window has 25-pane sashes. The wing also has a right-hand kneeler and gable end coping, along with a central ridge stack.
Local climate
The Harts Head 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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