Higher Wham is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1987. Farmhouse, outbuilding.
Higher Wham
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-render-frost
- 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
- Farmhouse, outbuilding
- Address
- Higher Wham, Wham Lane, Giggleswick
- OS grid reference
- SD 774 624
- Coordinates
- 54.05779, -2.34673
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher Wham is a former farmhouse that has been converted into an outbuilding. It dates from the late 17th century, with alterations made around 1950. The building is constructed from slobbered rubble brought to course, with stone dressings and a slate roof. It has a two-cell plan and stands two storeys tall, featuring a double fronted design.
The central entrance has a chamfered surround and a flat arched lintel, leading to a plank door. On the ground floor, there are two windows with 17th-century chamfered surrounds, which were originally two-light mullioned windows, although the mullions are now missing. The left-hand window has a six-pane fixed light, while the right-hand window features six-pane sashes.
On the upper floor, there is a similar window on the right that has been blocked, and the left-hand window has been partly blocked and enlarged at the top to create a hayloft entrance, which also has a plank door. A re-used datestone inscribed with the year 1666 can be found on the jamb at the rear of the barn to the left.
Local climate
Higher Wham 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings