Helks House is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1989. House. 4 related planning applications.
Helks House
- WRENN ID
- tattered-flagstone-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1989
- Type
- House
- Address
- Helks House, Fountains Earth, HG3 5RP
- OS grid reference
- SE 125 718
- Coordinates
- 54.14253, -1.80974
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Helks House is a house built in the early 19th century, with an addition made in 1844. It is constructed of ashlar and coursed rubble, featuring ashlar dressings. The slate roof has ashlar coped gables with kneelers and two gable stacks. The house is two storeys high and has three bays. The central round-headed doorway is framed by raised quoins and features a six-panel door with a fanlight. On either side of the doorway are single glazing bar sashes topped with Tudor hood moulds. Above, there are three more glazing bar sashes, also with Tudor hood moulds. The rear facade includes a later projecting porch that is inscribed with the year 1844. Inside, there is a stick baluster staircase, plain stone fireplaces, and raised and fielded panel shutters.
Local climate
Helks House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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