Higher Stone Head Stone Head is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. House. 5 related planning applications.
Higher Stone Head Stone Head
- WRENN ID
- salt-trefoil-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Higher Stone Head Stone Head, Stone Head Lane, Cowling, BD22 0LZ
- OS grid reference
- SD 948 432
- Coordinates
- 53.88525, -2.07927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher Stone Head is a house that dates back to around 1690, though it may be older. It is constructed of rubble with a stone slate roof and has two tall storeys. The house features an end-lobby entry design with two units at the front and a central outshut at the rear.
On the ground floor, there are two double chamfered mullion and transom windows; one was originally a five-light window but has been altered to include a sash in the center, losing its side transoms, while the other remains intact with four lights. A continuous hoodmould above these windows has stops carved in the shapes of the letters I and P. There is an enclosed gabled porch at the left end of the house. Above the doorway, there are said to be the initials IP and WP (for Pickles) along with the date 1690, although some sources suggest the date could be 1630. There is another doorway on the right side.
Above the ground floor, there are three double chamfered mullion windows with two, three, and three lights respectively. The house has two chimneys, one located on the left gable. At the rear, the outshut features a small round-headed light, and there are additional windows with chamfered surrounds. This house and Lower Stone Head appear to have been built by the same family, if not by the same individual.
Local climate
Higher Stone Head Stone Head 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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- Related listed building consents — 5 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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