The Old Dairy is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 October 1984. Former barn.

The Old Dairy

WRENN ID
dusted-glass-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
Former barn
Address
The Old Dairy, Lower Bawes Edge Farm, Cowling, Keighley, BD22 0NA
OS grid reference
SD 953 427
Coordinates
53.88085, -2.07229
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Dairy is a former barn dating from 1675, constructed from rubble and featuring a stone slate roof. It has a queen-post roof. Near one corner, there is a finely moulded doorway with a Tudor head. The spandrels above the doorway display numerals that make up the date, along with carvings of swords, a heart, and a shield. An inscription on the lintel is now illegible. Inside, the cart entry has a spiral carving at the bottom of one jamb and a corbel that is carved in the shape of a human face.

Local climate

The Old Dairy 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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