Pear Tree Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the York local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 March 1986. House.
Pear Tree Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- fossil-loft-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- York
- Constituency
- York Outer MP: Mr Luke Charters (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 March 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Pear Tree Farmhouse, Main Street, Hessay
- OS grid reference
- SE 523 533
- Coordinates
- 53.97362, -1.20287
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pear Tree Farmhouse is a house dated through dendrochronology to between 1644 and 1649. It is constructed of brick in random bond with a pantile roof, featuring stone slates on the rear. The layout is a 4-cell baffle-entry house, with the fourth cell likely having originally served as a cow byre or barn. At the rear, there is a continuous outshut that faces the road.
The garden front has two storeys and features five first-floor windows. There is a half-glazed door, with a 2-light casement and a 2-light Yorkshire sash window to the left. To the right, there is a 2-light Yorkshire sash, along with blocked rectangular vents and an inserted 20th-century casement. A three-course band with a moulded lower course runs along the front. On the first floor, there are 2-light Yorkshire sashes, except for the fourth opening which has a casement. The eaves are stepped, and the gable ends are raised, with end and ridge stacks present.
Inside, the staircase is located directly opposite the front door, likely in its original position. Several original four-panel doors with H-L hinges can be found throughout the interior.
Local climate
Pear Tree Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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