Mount Stead Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1976. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Mount Stead Cottage
- WRENN ID
- endless-stronghold-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Keighley and Ilkley MP: Robbie Moore (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1976
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Mount Stead Cottage, Ben Rhydding Drive, Ilkley, LS29 8BQ
- OS grid reference
- SE 142 464
- Coordinates
- 53.9136, -1.78472
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Mount Stead Cottage is a building that likely dates from the 18th century. It has one and a half storeys and is constructed of dressed stone. The south gable features kneelers, and the roof is made of stone slabs. On the west side, there is a door and a right-hand sash window with glazing bars, both framed with slab surrounds. The south gable end has a two-light upper window with a slab mullion, and below it are three small windows with slab sides. There is also a lean-to extension on the east side, situated at the angle with this extension.
Local climate
Mount Stead 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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- 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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