Garth Cottage and Garth Mews, Gatehouses to Bishopthorpe Garth is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1985. Gatehouse. 6 related planning applications.

Garth Cottage and Garth Mews, Gatehouses to Bishopthorpe Garth

WRENN ID
distant-attic-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
York
Constituency
York Outer MP: Mr Luke Charters (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 July 1985
Type
Gatehouse
Address
Garth Cottage and Garth Mews, Gatehouses to Bishopthorpe Garth, Sim Baulk Lane, YO23 2UE
OS grid reference
SE 590 479
Coordinates
53.92456, -1.10156
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Garth Cottage and Garth Mews are a pair of gatehouses built around 1908 by Brierley. They are constructed from hand-made pinkish-brown brick in English bond, with the rear left side rendered, and feature a pantile roof on the main block, which is concealed on the right side. The main block has a central carriage arch, with an outshut at the rear of the left house and at the end of the right house. The buildings are single storey with an attic, comprising six bays and a three-bay outshut on the right.

The house on the left has a central entrance beneath a hood, with 4-pane casement windows and a single-pane casement, all featuring moulded brick cills and header arches. The walls curve towards the carriage entrance, each containing a casement window under a moulded arch with a header cill. The entrance in the outshut of the right house is under a carved oak hood, with casement windows dressed similarly to those on the left. Pilasters define each bay of the outshut, and there are ridge stacks present.

Local climate

Garth Cottage and Garth Mews, Gatehouses to Bishopthorpe Garth 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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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