Wesley Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 October 1969. House. 1 related planning application.

Wesley Cottage

WRENN ID
unlit-cupola-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North York Moors National Park
Constituency
Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 October 1969
Type
House
Address
Wesley Cottage, the Square, Fylingdales, North Yorkshire
OS grid reference
NZ 952 050
Coordinates
54.43185, -0.53303
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wesley Cottage is a house located in Robin Hood's Bay, likely built in the early to mid-18th century. It is constructed from coursed roughly-tooled sandstone, with some herringbone detailing, and features upper courses that are raised above a projecting kneeler, added in the later 18th century. The roof is pantiled, with a stone ridge, copings, and kneelers, along with stone and brick chimney stacks.

The building has two storeys and an attic, with a very irregular two-bay layout. The left side has a door made up of six flush panels, which is topped by a 20th-century bracketed gabled wood hood that is set against an old heavy lintel. To the right, there are two closely spaced 12-pane sash windows, while the first floor features an 8-pane sash window with altered stonework beneath, indicating that there may have been an earlier, lower window. There is also a fire window on the right side of the first floor.

At the right side of the building, there is a small pent shed with an upper window and a low door, which holds a plaque depicting the head of John Wesley, commemorating his preaching at this location. The cottage is notable for its prominent kneelers and has a corniced stone chimney stack on the left end, with a brick chimney stack on the right end that has been rebuilt.

Local climate

Wesley Cottage receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2013
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