The Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1966. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Cottage, Main Street, Langton, YO17 9QP
- OS grid reference
- SE 799 671
- Coordinates
- 54.09425, -0.77917
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Cottage is a house built in the mid-18th century, with some remodelling done in the 20th century. It is constructed of limestone ashlar, with a service wing made of hammer-dressed limestone, and features a pantile roof. The house has a central entrance, with a service wing to the left and a cross wing at the rear. It is two storeys high and has four windows on the first floor. The entrance includes a six-fielded-panel door with glazed upper panels and a double-keyed lintel, flanked by metal casement windows. The service wing has a garage door on the left and another six-fielded-panel door with glazed upper panels and a keyed lintel on the right. The first floor features metal casements throughout. The building has gable coping, shaped kneelers, and rebuilt stacks at the ends.
Local climate
The Old Cottage receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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- 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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