Railton Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 August 1978. Cottage row. 1 related planning application.
Railton Yard
- WRENN ID
- broken-string-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 August 1978
- Type
- Cottage row
- Address
- Railton Yard, 1-4, Main Street, Sedbergh, Westmorland and Furness, LA10 5BD
- OS grid reference
- SD 658 921
- Coordinates
- 54.32346, -2.52713
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Railton Yard comprises a row of four small cottages, likely dating to the late 18th or early 19th century, and built in two phases. The cottages have been recently restored and partly remodelled, now functioning as two cottages and two holiday flats. They are constructed of roughly-coursed mixed rubble with quoins, and have a stone slate roof.
The cottages are arranged on a north-south axis, facing east. Nos 1 and 2 were originally separate units but are now integrated into a single dwelling, with the ground floor of the former No 1 now used as garages, accessed through doors in the south gable wall. The former No 3 is now No 2 and has a double-fronted appearance. The exterior features two storeys and six windows, with a visible vertical joint between Nos 1 and 2, representing the original division between Nos 2 and 3. The doorway to the former No 1 has been partly blocked, replaced with an 8-pane sash window. The doorways to the former Nos 2 and 3 have stone lintels and renewed panelled doors, with renewed 16-pane sashes flanking them. Similar renewed 16-pane sashes are present at the first floor of all units.
Nos 3 and 4, formerly Nos 4 and 5, are set back on the north side, with a restored spinning gallery located at the first floor. This gallery is accessed by restored stone steps and has a roof supported by a large purlin. Each flat has a renewed doorway and window, with a long beam above the entrance to the flat at No 4. The interior of the cottages has not been inspected.
The spinning gallery is a unique survivor, representing a feature once common in both Sedbergh and Dent. The building forms a group with Nos 49 and 51 Main Street (Mitchell's Pharmacy) and No 53 Main Street (Marshall House). A recent addition at the north end is not part of this listed structure.
Local climate
Railton Yard sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,350 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 93% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 59 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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