Thornton Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1988. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.

Thornton Cottage

WRENN ID
sunken-pedestal-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 June 1988
Type
Cottage
Address
Thornton Cottage, Castle Hill, Burton in Lonsdale, LA6 3JZ
OS grid reference
SD 649 722
Coordinates
54.14451, -2.53823
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Thornton Cottage is a cottage dating from the mid-17th century, with some alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed of rubble with painted stone dressings and features a tile roof installed around 1984, along with a brick central ridge stack. The building is two storeys high and has two bays. The entrance on the left side has a plain surround and a door from around 1950. To the right, there is an 18th-century two-light window on both the ground and upper floors, with recessed flat-faced mullions; the ground floor has a 20th-century casement window, while the upper floor features eight-pane sash windows. The right bay has two-light windows in each storey, added in 1985. The right-hand quoins are also notable. The cottage is included for its group value.

Local climate

Thornton Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,320 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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