Skythorns Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 October 1984. Farmhouse.
Skythorns Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- waning-belfry-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 October 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Skythorns Farmhouse, Cowling Hill Lane
- OS grid reference
- SD 956 443
- Coordinates
- 53.89565, -2.06765
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Skythorns Farmhouse is a late 17th-century farmhouse that has been altered over time. It is constructed of slobbered rubble and features a stone slate roof. The building has two storeys and follows a two-unit baffle entry plan. The front of the farmhouse has been significantly changed, with the doorway likely moved to the left, but it still retains a 5-light double chamfered stone mullion window on the right side of the ground floor. At the rear, facing the lane, there is a small 2-light chamfered window. Inside, the farmhouse has stop-chamfered beams and a large segmental arched fireplace with a chamfered surround, which includes recesses that may have been used for an oven and a cupboard. Additionally, there is a triangular headed chamfered doorway that has been relocated to the passage between the rooms from the north wall.
Local climate
Skythorns 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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