Yha Hostel is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1985. Youth hostel. 2 related planning applications.
Yha Hostel
- WRENN ID
- vast-moulding-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Derbyshire Dales MP: John Whitby (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1985
- Type
- Youth hostel
- Address
- Yha Hostel, Fountain Square, Youlgreave, Derbyshire Dales
- OS grid reference
- SK 210 642
- Coordinates
- 53.17498, -1.68642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The YHA Hostel, originally built as co-operative stores and a warehouse in 1887 and converted around 1974, is a four-storey building located in Fountain Square, Youlgreave. It is constructed of coursed squared rock-faced gritstone with gritstone dressings and quoins, topped by a hipped slate roof with stone side wall stacks.
The facade features three bays and is five bays long. The ground floor has an arcade of three semi-circular headed arches with ovolo moulding. The central arch contains a doorcase, while the arches on either side have large windows with rounded tops. Each fanlight is made of white glass, with gold inscriptions: 'GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS' on the east side, 'CO-OPERATIVE STORES' in the center, and 'DRAPERIES AND CLOTHING' on the west side.
Above the ground floor, there are two pairs of plain sashes in chamfered surrounds with drip-moulds, followed by another two pairs of semi-circular headed plain sashes in chamfered surrounds. Between these pairs is a semi-circular headed niche, which is decorated with a carving of a beehive and inscribed with 'Erected AD 1887, Established 1872'. The entrance features steps leading up to a paved slope, flanked by iron railings. Additionally, there are double plank doors located to the west side. The building is included for its group value only.
Local climate
Yha Hostel sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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