The Old Watch House is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1973. Cottage.

The Old Watch House

WRENN ID
veiled-groin-poplar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North York Moors National Park
Constituency
Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 March 1973
Type
Cottage
Address
The Old Watch House, Boathouse Yard, Hinderwell, North Yorkshire
OS grid reference
NZ 782 188
Coordinates
54.5592, -0.79146
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Watch House is a cottage from the early 19th century, rendered, likely on stone. It features a hipped roof covered with recently renewed clay pantiles. The building is two storeys high and has two windows. The first-floor windows are sashes with vertical bars, while the ground floor has two small windows and a modern door. Inside, there is an original stone fireplace on the first floor. The cottage is included as part of the Boathouse Yard group.

Local climate

The Old Watch House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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