38, High Row is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1987. A C18 Cottage. 1 related planning application.

38, High Row

WRENN ID
kindled-sandstone-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 May 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
38, High Row, Melsonby, DL10 5LZ
OS grid reference
NZ 197 085
Coordinates
54.47161, -1.69718
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 38 High Row is a cottage dating from the mid-18th century. It is built from coursed rubble and features a roof made of interlocking tiles. The cottage has two storeys with two windows on the first floor. On the ground floor, to the right, there is a 20th-century part-glazed door leading into the house, alongside a boarded door that provides access to a passage, both set within quoined surrounds. To the left, there is a 16-pane sash window. On the first floor, there is a sash window with glazing bars and an 8-pane sash window, both framed in ashlar surrounds. Above the left window, there is a small opening that leads to a loft under the eaves. The building features shaped kneelers and ashlar coping, with an ashlar stack located at the left end.

Local climate

38, High Row receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • 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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