The Limes is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. House. 5 related planning applications.
The Limes
- WRENN ID
- carved-pinnacle-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Outer MP: Mr Luke Charters (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Limes, Main Street, Holtby, YO19 5UD
- OS grid reference
- SE 674 541
- Coordinates
- 53.97887, -0.97279
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limes is a house dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of brick in English bond and has a pantile roof. The house features an end-entry with an outhouse to the left and a cross wing at the rear. It stands two storeys high and has two first-floor windows. The entrance is a six-fielded-panel door set beneath a cambered arch. The windows on the ground floor are 16-pane sashes, while the first floor has nine-pane unequal sashes. There is a blocked doorway leading to the outhouse, gable coping, and a stack at the left end. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Limes receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 2020
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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