Wharfedale House is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1988. House. 3 related planning applications.
Wharfedale House
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-moulding-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wharfedale House, 269 and 271, High Street, Boston Spa, LS23 6AL
- OS grid reference
- SE 437 453
- Coordinates
- 53.90272, -1.33511
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wharfedale House is a mid-19th century building that has been converted into two dwellings. It is constructed from ashlar magnesian limestone and features a Welsh slate roof. The house is two storeys high and has three bays, originally built as a wing to No 267. The central entrance consists of a four-panel door with a plain overlight, framed by a wooden doorcase that includes pilasters and a cornice. The flanking bays contain tripartite sash windows, each with four, eight, and four panes, which have projecting stone sills and are topped with plain lintels. On the first floor, there are sash windows with glazing bars, also featuring projecting stone sills and plain lintels. The eaves of the roof are supported by wooden gutter brackets, and the roof abuts the right return of No 267 on the left, while the right side has a hipped roof with a corniced end stack. The rear of the building has three bays of sash windows with glazing bars, but there are later additions on the rear right that are not of special interest. This house was formerly the master's residence for Wharfedale College, which was established at No 267 in the mid-1850s.
Local climate
Wharfedale House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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