Low Snape Farm is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1985. House. 1 related planning application.

Low Snape Farm

WRENN ID
solitary-mortar-umber
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1985
Type
House
Address
Low Snape Farm, Walton Head Lane, Kirkby Overblow, HG3 1HZ
OS grid reference
SE 308 496
Coordinates
53.94247, -1.53205
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Low Snape Farm is a house dating from the late 17th century, with alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of coursed, squared gritstone and features a stone slate roof. The building has a two-unit baffle-entry plan and stands two storeys high with two bays. The exterior includes quoins and a 20th-century gabled porch with a panelled door at the centre, flanked by three-light, double-chamfered mullion windows. On the first floor, there is a blocked door on the left with a 20th-century window inserted, a two-light double-chamfered mullion window, a small square window above the porch, and another two-light double-chamfered mullion window on the right. All window lights have either two-pane casements or fixed lights. The roof features shaped kneelers and gable coping, with stacks at the gables and centre, the latter two being corniced. The rear facade has a lean-to against the western bay and includes two- and three-light mullion windows on the ground floor, with the three-light window being original, while the other windows throughout the house have stonework dating from the late 19th or 20th century. Inside, there is a large former open fireplace with a bressumer, which now contains a cooking range, located on the ground floor to the left.

Local climate

Low Snape Farm 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 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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