Ashfield Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1988. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Ashfield Cottages
- WRENN ID
- patient-clay-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1988
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Ashfield Cottages, 4 and 5, Main Street, Bentham, LA2 7HZ
- OS grid reference
- SD 664 693
- Coordinates
- 54.11848, -2.51403
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The pair of cottages at Nos 4 and 5 Ashfield Cottages, in High Bentham, originally served as a barn to the right of No 6. They date to the 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. The construction is of slobbered rubble, partially rendered, with stone dressings and a tile roof. Two brick ridge stacks are present. The cottages are two storeys high and two bays wide. The left-hand entrance has a chamfered surround and a massive lintel, while the right-hand entrance features a moulded surround and a decorated lintel, both with 20th-century glazed doors. Each floor has two windows, each with a plain surround and sash windows. At No 5, the 19th-century rendering has been removed, revealing part of a blocked central waggon entrance.
Local climate
Ashfield Cottages sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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 — 16 transactions 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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