The Wold Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
The Wold Cottage
- WRENN ID
- second-keep-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Bridlington and The Wolds MP: Charlie Dewhirst (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Wold Cottage, Rainsborough Lane, Thwing, YO25 3HL
- OS grid reference
- TA 041 723
- Coordinates
- 54.13602, -0.40665
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wold Cottage is a house dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings and features a graduated slate roof. The building has a square plan with additional sections to the left and rear. It stands two storeys high and has five bays. The exterior includes a chamfered plinth and rusticated quoins. The ground floor is fitted with 4-pane sash windows that have stone sills, while the first floor has sash windows with glazing bars, also with stone sills. A dentilled brick eaves cornice, end stacks, and hipped roofs are present. The main entrance is located on the right elevation and features a 19th-century panelled door with a fanlight that has intersecting glazing bars, all set in a projecting stone surround with impost blocks, a hood-mould, and a stepped cornice. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Wold Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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