Bee House to W of Dale Head Farmhouse and Wall to Left Westerdale, England
Listed Building Data
Bee House to W of Dale Head Farmhouse and Wall to Left has been designated a Grade II* listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1316282
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- II*
- Date Listed
- 20 December 1990
- Name
- BEE HOUSE TO WEST OF DALE HEAD FARMHOUSE AND WALL TO LEFT
- Location
- BEE HOUSE TO WEST OF DALE HEAD FARMHOUSE AND WALL TO LEFT
- Parish
- Westerdale
- District
- Scarborough
- County
- North Yorkshire
- Grid Reference
- NZ 67772 04442
- Easting
- 467772.0000
- Northing
- 504442.0000
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
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: NZ6777204442
