Cow Byre at North East End of Paddock Plantation is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1987. Cow byre. 1 related planning application.
Cow Byre at North East End of Paddock Plantation
- WRENN ID
- winding-niche-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1987
- Type
- Cow byre
- Address
- Cow Byre at North East End of Paddock Plantation, Gilling with Hartforth and Sedbury
- OS grid reference
- NZ 198 044
- Coordinates
- 54.435, -1.69573
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The cow byre, located at the north-east end of Paddock Plantation, dates from the late 18th century to early 19th century and is possibly attributed to John Foss of Richmond. It is constructed from roughcast rubble with ashlar dressings and features both stone slate and corrugated sheet roofs. The building is of one and two storeys and has a layout of three bays.
On the north elevation, the central bay is two storeys and slightly projects, featuring a pointed-arched doorway with two orders, a first-floor band, and a blind ashlar quatrefoil above. The pitched gable has ashlar crenellated coping. The single-storey outer bays each contain an ashlar vent designed as a loop-hole, with a straight parapet on the right masking a monopitch roof; the parapet is missing on the left.
The south elevation mirrors the north with a central two-storey bay that slightly projects. It has a pointed-arched doorway flanked by ashlar loop-hole vents and a first-floor vent, along with a blind ashlar quatrefoil above. The ashlar crenellated coping is mostly missing, and there is a doorway in the left bay with a missing parapet; the wall has fallen in the right bay.
Inside, the central range consists of three internal bays supported by two queen-strut roof trusses, although the first floor has been removed. The western range has a partial corrugated sheet roof, while the eastern range is partly in ruins. The building was designed to complement, yet remain subordinate to, The Rock folly situated on the hillside above.
Local climate
Cow Byre at North East End of Paddock Plantation receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% 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 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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