Swiss Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1955. House. 1 related planning application.

Swiss Cottage

WRENN ID
forbidden-wall-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North York Moors National Park
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 January 1955
Type
House
Address
Swiss Cottage, Main Street, Rievaulx, North Yorkshire
OS grid reference
SE 576 851
Coordinates
54.25866, -1.11694
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Swiss Cottage is a house that likely dates back to the 17th century, although it has earlier origins. It features a cruck frame and is constructed from sandstone and limestone rubble, topped with a thatched roof and brick stacks. The original hearth-passage entry has been blocked off. The building consists of three bays and has one storey with an attic. The entrance is a boarded door, with two three-light Yorkshire sash windows to the left and one two-light Yorkshire sash window to the right, all set beneath wooden lintels. In the attic, there is a three-light Yorkshire sash half dormer in the second bay. The house has a stack at the left end and another ridge stack to the right of the passage.

Local climate

Swiss Cottage receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% 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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