Rockery adjacent to Reeth Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1988. Rockery.
Rockery adjacent to Reeth Cottage
- WRENN ID
- narrow-trefoil-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1988
- Type
- Rockery
- OS grid reference
- SE 002 883
- Coordinates
- 54.29112, -1.99836
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The rockery adjacent to Reeth Cottage was built between 1906 and 1914 by Messrs. Backhouse of York for Mr. F S Graham. It features limestone blocks arranged in picturesque mounds with narrow paths between them, all enclosed by a wall made of rubblestone topped with cast-iron railings. The enclosure measures approximately 14 by 42 metres and includes quoins and flat coping on the return walls that slope up the hill. The low front wall has triangular-sectioned coping and is interrupted by a gate with round-topped monolithic gate piers, topped with hooped railings that have bud finials. The rockery's stones are said to have been sourced from a nearby field to the west of the village. The builders, James Backhouse and Son, were known for their expertise in creating rockeries and alpine nurseries since the late 1850s. The rockery also contains a large and diverse collection of alpine plants, although this aspect is not included in the listing.
Local climate
Rockery adjacent to Reeth Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 60 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 38 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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