Olliver Ducket is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1969. Folly.
Olliver Ducket
- WRENN ID
- idle-cloister-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1969
- Type
- Folly
- Address
- Olliver Ducket, B6274, Aske
- OS grid reference
- NZ 183 021
- Coordinates
- 54.41429, -1.71868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Olliver Ducket is a folly built in the mid-18th century, likely designed by Daniel Garrett for Sir Conyers D'Arcy of Aske Hall. Constructed from ashlar limestone, it features two storeys, with a larger lower storey that supports a central tower. The building is designed in the Gothick style.
The lower storey has a plan consisting of two concentric circles, where the inner circle forms the lower stage of the tower. The outer circle is shaped like a Greek cross, with concave sides and convex ends. The walls are battered with splayed bases, and there are two small blocked oculi at the ends of each cross arm, along with another at a higher level on each side of the arms. In the north-west arm, which faces Aske Hall, there is a blocked pointed-arched doorway that has two steps leading up to it.
The upper tower is circular in plan and features four window openings with projecting sills and trefoiled heads, along with two small oculi between each pair of windows. A band runs below the crenellated parapet. While the interior is not accessible, steps leading up to the parapet walk are visible.
Local climate
Olliver Ducket receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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