The Kennels is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1987. House.

The Kennels

WRENN ID
lone-kitchen-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1987
Type
House
Address
The Kennels, Stanwick Lane, Forcett
OS grid reference
NZ 178 121
Coordinates
54.50399, -1.72618
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Kennels is a mid-19th century building that has been converted into a house. It is constructed from sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings and features Welsh slate roofs. The building has a single-storey, U-shaped plan.

On the west elevation, there are three bays on each side of a central range, which has chamfered rusticated quoins. The central area includes a blocked round-arched doorway with a raised ashlar surround, flanked by sash windows, also with raised ashlar surrounds. Above the doorway are blind oculi with ashlar surrounds, with the central one being larger. The roof features shaped kneelers and ashlar coping, and there are ashlar octagonal stacks at the ends.

The side ranges are lower and have chamfered rusticated quoins at the outer corners. Each side range includes central Diocletian windows with raised ashlar surrounds, flanked by sash windows with ashlar lintels, and hipped roofs at the outer ends.

At the rear, the central range matches the front elevation but has a 20th-century six-panel door in the doorway. The central range was originally designed for the groom's accommodation, while the outer wings housed the dogs, which have since been altered and extended. The Kennels were part of the Stanwick Park estate, which has interesting surviving buildings, although the main house has been demolished.

Local climate

The Kennels receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% 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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