Old Star Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1984. House, cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Old Star Cottage
- WRENN ID
- last-tower-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Wetherby and Easingwold MP: Sir Alec Shelbrooke (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1984
- Type
- House, cottage
- Address
- Old Star Cottage, Back Lane, Brafferton and Helperby, YO61 2PL
- OS grid reference
- SE 440 699
- Coordinates
- 54.12348, -1.32786
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Star Cottage is a house and cottage, likely dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of reddish-brown brick in a Flemish bond pattern. The building features a two-course band at the first floor level and dentilled eaves. The roof is covered with pantiles, and there are end and ridge chimneys. The gable ends have tumbled-in brickwork. The cottage has a gable end facing the road and originally comprised three bays. It originally featured sixteen-pane sashes in flush wood architraves, with a fixed-light window on the ground floor to the left. A 20th-century plank door occupies the second bay from the left, and a 20th-century six-panel door is situated in the second bay from the right. A lower, recessed wing extends to the right, constructed of rendered brick and containing a 20th-century door and casement windows. The cottage was undergoing restoration at the time of resurvey.
Local climate
Old Star Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 — 2 transactions since 1999
- 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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