Yorkshire Water Authority is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1987. Large building. 6 related planning applications.
Yorkshire Water Authority
- WRENN ID
- grey-jamb-laurel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Beverley and Holderness MP: Graham Stuart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1987
- Type
- Large building
- Address
- Yorkshire Water Authority, 37 and 39, North Bar Within, Beverley
- OS grid reference
- TA 030 397
- Coordinates
- 53.8439, -0.43459
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Yorkshire Water Authority building, constructed in 1861 by Cuthbert Brodrick, is a large three-storey structure made of red brick with stone dressings. It features stone brackets at the eaves and has five windows set in recesses with segmental heads. The first-floor windows have mullions topped with carved stone capitals, and there are carved roundels above the arches. The ground floor includes round-headed windows with capitals and a similar styled doorway. The building is topped with a hipped slate roof and includes a cast iron staircase.
Local climate
Yorkshire Water Authority receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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