The Abbey is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 February 1992. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Abbey
- WRENN ID
- ragged-stair-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Harrogate and Knaresborough MP: Tom Gordon (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 February 1992
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Abbey, Abbey Road, Knaresborough, HG5 8HX
- OS grid reference
- SE 355 557
- Coordinates
- 53.99652, -1.4587
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Abbey is a house dating from the early 18th century, with later 18th and 19th century additions and 20th century alterations. It is constructed of coursed rubble with brick detailing, and ashlar dressings. The roof is covered in pantiles, with raised and coped gables, kneelers, and two gable and three ridge brick stacks. The house is two storeys plus attics, and features quoins and glazing bar sashes throughout.
The north west front has five windows wide. An off-centre doorway sits within a two-storey canted bay, featuring a part-glazed door, overlight, and a triple sash window above. To the right is a tripartite sash window, above a single sash. To the left are two single sash windows to each floor, with a set-back section beyond, also containing a single sash to each floor. Further to the left is a second two-storey canted bay window with a triple sash to each floor. Two, three-light raking dormer windows are positioned above.
The south west front features a two-storey canted brick bay window with a triple sash to each floor, and a narrow sash to the left. Above are two smaller windows in the gable.
The south east front has two two-storey canted bay windows, the one to the left having a pair of part-glazed doors. Beyond to the right is a narrow sash window. Above is a three-light raking dormer and a two-light hipped dormer. To the right is a projecting double gable wing with an off-centre pointed arched doorway with a 20th century door and fanlight, a sash to the right, and a large segment-headed window to the left. Above are a tripartite sash to the left and two sashes to the right.
Local climate
The Abbey 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% 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 2006
- 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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