Rectory Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1966. House. 2 related planning applications.
Rectory Cottages
- WRENN ID
- solemn-pavement-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rectory Cottages, 1 and 2, Main Street, Kirkby Overblow, HG3 1HD
- OS grid reference
- SE 325 492
- Coordinates
- 53.93832, -1.50567
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These two cottages, originally listed as Rectory Cottage, date from the mid-18th century. They are constructed of coursed gritstone with ashlar detailing and a stone slate roof. The cottages are two storeys high and comprise five bays. Prominent quoins emphasize the corners. A round-headed, half-glazed door is set within a round-arched opening surrounded by a Gibbs surround in the fourth bay. To the left of this door, a half-glazed door replaces a former window opening. All window openings have plain sills and lintels, incorporating stressed keystones and modern glazing bars. A recessed, squared panel above the door is also framed by a Gibbs surround. An ashlar band runs along the first-floor level, and the gables feature ashlar kneelers with a cyma reversa moulding and copings. Ashlar stacks are located at the centre of the ridge and at the right gable.
Local climate
Rectory Cottages 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 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- 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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