Beechwood the Beeches is a Grade II listed building in the East Riding of Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 December 1997. A 19th century House. 1 related planning application.
Beechwood the Beeches
- WRENN ID
- grim-flagstone-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Riding of Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Bridlington and The Wolds MP: Charlie Dewhirst (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 December 1997
- Type
- House
- Address
- Beechwood the Beeches, Wansford Road, Driffield, YO25 5NN
- OS grid reference
- TA 030 572
- Coordinates
- 54.00138, -0.42862
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Beeches is a house, now divided into two homes, built around 1831 and extended in 1878 by Temple Moore for the Reverend Horace Newton. The building is constructed of brick and features shallow hipped slate roofs alongside steeply pitched plain tile roofs. It is two storeys high, with an attic in the later addition.
The north-east front has a central door set in a rusticated brick surround with a large overlight, flanked by single canted bay windows that have flat roofs and glazing bar sash windows. Above this, there are three 12-pane glazing bar sashes. To the left, there is a single-storey addition with an ornate brick facade. To the right, a projecting wing added in 1878 features painted stucco cornices and tall brick stacks, with red brick detailing, including a single 5-light mullion and transom window, a tall 3-light window below, and a 3-light casement in the ornate tumbled brick gable.
The north-west front, built in 1878, showcases five tall 2-light windows with mullions and transoms, above which are three canted oriel windows with glazing bar casements, and three canted dormer windows topped with gables. The south-west front has a recessed centre with a projecting square porch that includes double doors and sidelights, supporting a large canted bay window above. Flanking this are single-storey additions with large glazing bar windows, and above them are two cross casements and a single small glazing bar sash. To the left, a projecting wing added in 1878 features a two-storey canted brick bay window with five cross casements on each floor, while the attic has a single set-back canted bay window with three-light casements. To the right, there is a projecting single-storey wing with two tall cross casement windows and a steeply pitched plain tile roof.
Local climate
Beechwood the Beeches receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 74% 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 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% 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 — 2 transactions since 1998
- 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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