Bee House to West of Dale Head Farmhouse and Wall to Left
BEE HOUSE TO WEST OF DALE HEAD FARMHOUSE AND WALL TO LEFT
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1316282
- Date first listed:
- 20-Dec-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Bee House to West of Dale Head Farmhouse and Wall to Left
- Statutory Address:
- BEE HOUSE TO WEST OF DALE HEAD FARMHOUSE AND WALL TO LEFT
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1316282
- Date first listed:
- 20-Dec-1990
- List Entry Name:
- Bee House to West of Dale Head Farmhouse and Wall to Left
- Statutory Address 1:
- BEE HOUSE TO WEST OF DALE HEAD FARMHOUSE AND WALL TO LEFT
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BEE HOUSE TO WEST OF DALE HEAD FARMHOUSE AND WALL TO LEFT
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- North Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Westerdale
- National Park:
- North York Moors
- National Grid Reference:
- NZ6777604440
Details
NZ 60 SE WESTERDALE WESTERDALE
(east side)
10/148 Bee house to west of
Dale Head Farmhouse
and wall to left
II*
Purpose-built bee shelter and wall. 1832. Sandstone with purple Lakeland slate
roof. Lectern shape. 1 low storey. Plinth with coping band. Upon this an
arcade of 6 shouldered segmental arches with monolith heads supported on side
masonry and single slabs between. The alcoves thus formed were used as shelters
for straw bee skeps in winter. Band at eaves. Stone ridge and end copings,
moulded kneelers.
Short length of low wall to left holds bronze plaque dating the building and
also its restoration in 1983 by the National Park Committee.
RCHM op cit p.186.
Listing NGR: NZ6777604440
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 328066
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Houses of the North York Moors, (1987), 186
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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