Sigma Antiques (Former Opera House) is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 October 1977. Former opera house.
Sigma Antiques (Former Opera House)
- WRENN ID
- moated-panel-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 October 1977
- Type
- Former opera house
- Address
- Sigma Antiques (Former Opera House), Water Skellgate, Ripon
- OS grid reference
- SE 311 711
- Coordinates
- 54.13483, -1.52497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sigma Antiques, formerly known as the Opera House, was built in 1885 and originally served as the Victoria Hall. The building is constructed of whitewashed brick and features a slate roof. It has two storeys and bracketed eaves. The façade is divided into five bays, with sash windows that have glazing bars on the first floor and two windows on the ground floor. There is one door with a semi-circular fanlight and another door with two side-lights set in a moulded architrave. An extension at the west end adds one bay's width and rises to three storeys.
Local climate
Sigma Antiques (Former Opera House) receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% 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 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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