Gateway Adjoining South-East Corner of East Tower of Skipton Castle is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 April 1952. Gateway.

Gateway Adjoining South-East Corner of East Tower of Skipton Castle

WRENN ID
seventh-minaret-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 April 1952
Type
Gateway
OS grid reference
SD 991 519
Coordinates
53.96403, -2.01402
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gateway adjoining the south-east corner of the east tower of Skipton Castle dates from the 18th century. It features two stone piers topped with ball finials and provides access to the grounds at the rear.

Local climate

Gateway Adjoining South-East Corner of East Tower of Skipton Castle sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% 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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