Yew Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1988. Cottage.
Yew Tree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- little-lancet-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Yew Tree Cottage, Clapham Road, Austwick, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SD 765 683
- Coordinates
- 54.11024, -2.36036
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Yew Tree Cottage is a cottage dating from the late 18th century to early 19th century, with 20th-century alterations. It is constructed of slobbered rubble with stone dressings and features a stone slate roof. The building is two storeys high and has a double front. The central entrance has a plain surround on a square base, with a five-panel door that has a glazed top panel. A 20th-century timber hood is supported by timber consoles above the door. Each storey has three-light flat-faced mullioned windows, which have been replaced with 20th-century casements. The cottage has a gable end on the right and a ridge stack on the left.
Local climate
Yew Tree Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,330 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 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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