Birds Nest is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1990. Cottages. 1 related planning application.
Birds Nest
- WRENN ID
- still-granite-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1990
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Birds Nest, Melbecks, North Yorkshire, DL11 6PP
- OS grid reference
- SD 987 987
- Coordinates
- 54.38395, -2.0201
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of cottages with attached animal houses and hay lofts above, dating to the early 18th century, with alterations and enlargements made in the early 19th century. The cottages are built of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings, and have a stone slate roof with kneelers. The front elevation has a pair of doorways with plain ashlar surrounds and plank doors, flanked by single 2-light sliding sash windows in plain ashlar surrounds. Beyond these are single doorways leading to the animal houses, with plank doors. Above are two glazing bar sash windows in plain ashlar surrounds, with a small hay loft opening to the left. Side gable walls also feature hay loft openings with plain ashlar surrounds. The rear front has a pair of segment-headed windows, now blocked, in plain ashlar surrounds, and above are two small windows, also with plain ashlar surrounds. The interior contains two fireplaces with plain ashlar surrounds and brackets supporting stone bressemer beams, and two stone spiral staircases. The cottages were used by lead workers during the 19th century.
Local climate
Birds Nest sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 37 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 — 3 transactions since 1997
- 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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