Benson Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Yorkshire Dales National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 November 1987. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Benson Cottage
- WRENN ID
- solemn-pedestal-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Yorkshire Dales National Park
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 November 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Benson Cottage, Main Street, Hetton-Cum-Bordley, North Yorkshire, BD23 6LR
- OS grid reference
- SD 962 589
- Coordinates
- 54.02625, -2.05883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Benson Cottage is a cottage dating from the mid to late 18th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. The building is constructed of slobbered squared rubble with stone dressings and features a stone slate roof. It has a central staircase plan and stands two storeys tall with two bays. The central entrance has a plain surround and a 20th-century door. There are two recessed flat-faced mullioned windows on each storey, with three lights in the left-hand bay and two lights in the right-hand bay, both featuring 20th-century casements. A ridge stack is located on the left-hand gable end. Above the entrance, there is a mid-20th-century carved panel. The interior is not accessible.
Local climate
Benson Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% 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 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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