Sundial Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1979. Cottage.

Sundial Cottage

WRENN ID
solitary-pedestal-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1979
Type
Cottage
Address
Sundial Cottage, Moor Road, Knayton with Brawith
OS grid reference
SE 433 880
Coordinates
54.28603, -1.33518
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sundial Cottage is a 17th-century cottage that has undergone several alterations. It features a swept pantile roof on two levels, with raised verges that have ashlar coping and shaped kneelers. The building has end and central stacks, with the left stack made of stone and the others of brick. The layout is a central hearth-passage plan, and the cottage is two storeys high with four first-floor windows. There is a 20th-century glazed door set in a chamfered, quoined surround, topped with a Tudor-arched chamfered lintel. The windows are double-chamfered, with sliding sashes added; the two right bays have 20th-century replicas of the originals. To the left of the entrance, there is a fire window with an oculus above it. A sundial dated 1699 is positioned above the entrance. At the rear, there are four two-light windows with chamfered mullions. Inside, the ceiling joists feature chamfer stops, and there is a salt or spice cupboard set into the wall south of the fireplace.

Local climate

Sundial Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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