House surveys in North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire, including the City of York, is England's largest county and its housing is dominated by stone and brick market towns, villages and farmsteads. Limestone and gritstone are used in the Dales around Skipton and Richmond, sandstone on the North York Moors and the coast around Whitby, and mellow brick and pantile in the Vale of York. Harrogate has grand Victorian stone villas, York has medieval, Georgian and Victorian homes within and around its walls, and Scarborough and Whitby have seaside terraces. Common survey issues include river flooding along the Ouse, Foss, Derwent and Swale, gypsum dissolution sinkholes around Ripon, coastal erosion and landslips, radon in parts of the Dales and Moors, and a high proportion of listed buildings and conservation areas.