Gibbet Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1966. House. 1 related planning application.
Gibbet Cottage
- WRENN ID
- knotted-pavement-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough MP: Tom Gordon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- Gibbet Cottage, Farnham Lane, HG5 9JP
- OS grid reference
- SE 353 597
- Coordinates
- 54.03261, -1.46115
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gibbet Cottage is a house dated 1795, constructed from coursed squared limestone rubble with a pantile roof that has one eaves course of stone slates. The building is two storeys high and features three bays. It has quoins and a rendered plinth. A 20th-century glazed door is located between the first and second bays, with a plaque above it inscribed "F ?T H 1795" in a moulded surround. Stone brackets and a cornice have been added above the door. The cottage has 24-pane sash windows in flush wood frames throughout, all with projecting stone sills. The ground-floor windows in the first and second bays have incised lintels, while the others are plain. There are remains of a kneeler and gable coping on the left side, along with an end brick stack to the left and a ridge stack between the second and third bays. On the left return, the attached rear outshut features a small-paned window on both the ground and first floors. The interior was not inspected during the resurvey.
Local climate
Gibbet Cottage receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 2019
- 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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