Lakeside Folly, Moreby Hall Estate is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 March 1986. Folly.

Lakeside Folly, Moreby Hall Estate

WRENN ID
iron-truss-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Selby MP: Keir Mather (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 March 1986
Type
Folly
Address
Lakeside Folly, Moreby Hall Estate, B1222, Stillingfleet
OS grid reference
SE 595 429
Coordinates
53.87891, -1.0959
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lakeside Folly is a structure located within the Moreby Hall Estate, built around 1832 and incorporating elements from the 14th century. It is constructed of magnesian limestone ashlar with some brick patching and features a Gothic design. The building is oblong in shape and consists of one tall storey.

On the right side, there is a chamfered plinth topped with narrow angle pilaster buttresses that have pinnacles. The central entrance features a four-centre-headed arch with roll-moulding and chamfered jambs. Above the entrance are three heraldic shields.

On the lake front, similar pilaster buttresses are present at the ends, with two pointed windows beneath flat heads that include trefoils in the spandrels and badly-eroded tracery. At the rear, there is a window with reticulated tracery. It is believed that the windows were salvaged from York Minster following the fire of 1829.

Local climate

Lakeside Folly, Moreby Hall Estate sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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