Gowthorpe House (Now Part of Selby Grammar School) is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 November 1980. Educational building. 2 related planning applications.
Gowthorpe House (Now Part of Selby Grammar School)
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-trefoil-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Selby MP: Keir Mather (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 November 1980
- Type
- Educational building
- Address
- Gowthorpe House (Now Part of Selby Grammar School), Leeds Road, YO8 4HT
- OS grid reference
- SE 608 320
- Coordinates
- 53.78138, -1.0776
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gowthorpe House, now part of Selby Grammar School, is an early 19th-century building constructed of ashlar with a hipped slate roof. It stands two storeys high and features a modillioned eaves cornice. The front has three bays, while the side has seven bays, all with sash windows that include glazing bars. The entrance consists of a fielded panelled door topped by an oblong fanlight with Gothick glazing bars, set within a Roman Doric porch. There is an extension to the east with six bays, also featuring sash windows with glazing bars; the ground floor windows have panelled aprons. The entrance here includes a fielded panelled door with an oblong fanlight in a Tuscan surround.
Local climate
Gowthorpe House (Now Part of Selby Grammar School) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 81% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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