The Old Academy is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1966. House.
The Old Academy
- WRENN ID
- veiled-hall-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Academy, the Green, Kirklington-Cum-Upsland
- OS grid reference
- SE 319 811
- Coordinates
- 54.22536, -1.512
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Academy is a house built in the mid to late 18th century. It features red brick in Flemish bond and has a pantile roof. The building is two storeys high and has a symmetrical facade with two bays. The central entrance consists of a six-panel door set within a moulded stone architrave. All the windows are four-pane sashes, equipped with stone sills and flat brick arches. A band runs along the first floor, and the eaves are dentilled. The left side has brick coping and brick end stacks.
Local climate
The Old Academy receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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