Moor Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1976. A C18 House. 4 related planning applications.

Moor Cottage

WRENN ID
pitched-parapet-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bradford
Constituency
Keighley and Ilkley MP: Robbie Moore (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1976
Type
House
Address
Moor Cottage, Wells Road, Ilkley, LS29 9JG
OS grid reference
SE 118 472
Coordinates
53.9211, -1.82177
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Moor Cottage is an 18th-century country cottage located on Wells Road, Ilkley. It is a two-storey building constructed of dressed coursed stone, which has been painted. The roof is covered with stone slabs. The west front features an unmoulded pediment spanning the entire width, enclosing an oval oculus. It has three sash windows with glazing bars; the lower side windows have been altered to be 2-storey bay windows with sashes. The north front also has three sash windows, with the side windows being 2-storey bay windows. A central door has an overlight and six moulded panels. Decorative paired gutter blocks are present. The cottage abuts No. 1 Crossbeck Road, which faces it at a right angle to the south.

Local climate

Moor Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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