Hill Crest is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1980. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Hill Crest
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-gallery-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1980
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Hill Crest, 8, High Row, Melsonby, DL10 5LZ
- OS grid reference
- NZ 198 084
- Coordinates
- 54.47142, -1.69558
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hill Crest is a cottage dated 1785, constructed from coursed rubble with 20th-century clay interlocking pantiles and stone slates at the eaves. The building has two storeys and features three first-floor windows, along with lean-to additions at the rear. It has a plinth and quoins on the left side. The central door is set within an ashlar surround that includes impost blocks, and the lintel bears the inscription "WS 1785." The ground floor has four-pane sash windows with ashlar projecting sills and deep lintels, with one window to the left of the door and two to the right. There is a shaped kneeler and ashlar coping on the left side, and an end stack is located to the left.
Local climate
Hill Crest 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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- 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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