Witham Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1966. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Witham Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gilded-tracery-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1966
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Witham Cottage, Main Street, Langton, YO17 9QP
- OS grid reference
- SE 798 671
- Coordinates
- 54.09397, -0.78025
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Witham Cottage is a row of cottages that has been converted into a single house, built in 1857 for the Norcliffe Estate. The building features hammer-dressed limestone and a Welsh slate roof. It stands two storeys high and has four first-floor windows. The entrance includes a six-panel door, with one casement and two pointed casements to the left, and one casement to the right. Although the inscription panel is blank, there is an inscription below that is obscured by creeper, which reads "General Norcliffe 1857." The first floor has a pointed casement window. The building has gable coping, shaped kneelers, and end stacks. It is included in the listing for its group value.
Local climate
Witham 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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