Israel Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1988. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Israel Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- waning-cornice-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Israel Farmhouse, Lawkland, LA2 8AN
- OS grid reference
- SD 747 633
- Coordinates
- 54.06526, -2.3866
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Israel Farmhouse is a 17th-century farmhouse, with alterations from the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of rubble stone with painted stone dressings and a stone slate roof. The property follows a central staircase plan and is two storeys high with a double-fronted design. The entrance is located to the right of centre and features a plain surround and a plank door. There are two ground-floor and two upper-floor windows on the front, all with plain surrounds. The ground-floor windows are 19th-century 16-pane sashes, while the upper-floor windows are similar but 20th-century sashes. Modillions are present at the eaves. The right-hand gable and left-hand ridge have stacks.
The rear of the farmhouse has two storeys and three bays. The entrance is to the left of centre, with a chamfered surround and a plank door. A left-hand ground-floor window is a 2-light double chamfered mullioned window with sashes and glazing bars. A right-hand ground-floor window is a 3-light double chamfered mullioned window with fixed lights. Upper-floor windows on the rear have 19th-century surrounds and sashes. A central, round-headed staircase window has a 20-pane fixed light. Eaves modillions are also present.
Inside, a dog-leg open string staircase has stick balusters and a ramped handrail. Six-panel doors are used throughout. The roof is 19th century, incorporating re-used late 17th or 18th century principals.
Local climate
Israel Farmhouse 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 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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
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