California Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1986. Farmhouse.
California Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- night-sentry-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 February 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- California Farmhouse, Cow Carr, Thornton-Le-Dale
- OS grid reference
- SE 815 812
- Coordinates
- 54.22045, -0.75125
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
California Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 18th century to the early 19th century. The front is made of squared limestone, while the sides and rear are constructed from coursed limestone rubble. It features dressed flush quoins and a pantile roof with rebuilt brick stacks. The building has a central stairhall plan, is one room deep, and includes an outshut. It is two storeys high with a symmetrical three-window front. The central entrance has a four-panel door with a divided overlight above it. Throughout the house, there are 16-pane sash windows with stone sills, and all openings have tripartite keyed lintels. The eaves course is cavetto moulded. At the rear, the building has one and a half storeys with a catslide roof, coped gables, and shaped kneelers, along with end stacks. Inside, the ground floor features exposed chamfered beams and six-panel doors with H-hinges.
Local climate
California Farmhouse receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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