Bank Top Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 December 1987. Farmhouse.
Bank Top Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- standing-hinge-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 December 1987
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Bank Top Farmhouse, Chester Lane, Sowerby-Under-Cotcliffe
- OS grid reference
- SE 419 937
- Coordinates
- 54.3372, -1.35596
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bank Top Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century and 18th century, constructed from rubblestone with ashlar dressings and a pantile roof. The building has two storeys and two bays, with an outshut on the left-hand gable and a through passage plan. It features stone quoins, and the central entrance has a board door set in a quoined surround with a lintel that includes a raised keystone. The windows are 12-pane side-sliding sashes with thin ashlar surrounds, and above and slightly to the left of the door is a small 1-pane window also in a thin ashlar surround. The right side has a shaped kneeler and stone coping, while each side of the building has a large offset external stack with moulded cornices. Each gable displays a small 1-light 17th-century opening with a wooden frame and leaded glass. The steeply pitched roof has sprocketed eaves. Inside, the main room on the right features a large inglenook fireplace with a moulded mantel and an inglenook bench with a shaped end. The interior remains unspoiled.
Local climate
Bank Top Farmhouse receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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