Bells Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1988. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Bells Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- sacred-forge-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Bells Farmhouse, Main Street, Thornton in Craven, BD23 3ST
- OS grid reference
- SD 907 485
- Coordinates
- 53.93336, -2.14227
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bells Farmhouse is an 18th-century farmhouse constructed of squared rubble. It has a stone slate roof. The building is two storeys high and features a recent porch. There is one three-light recessed square mullion window on each side of the porch on each floor. Gable chimneys are present.
Local climate
Bells Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2009
- 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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