159, CHURCH STREET (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1954. Commercial, residential.

159, CHURCH STREET (See details for further address information)

WRENN ID
low-ashlar-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 February 1954
Type
Commercial, residential
Address
159, CHURCH STREET (See details for further address information), 160, Whitby
OS grid reference
NZ 900 110
Coordinates
54.48709, -0.61168
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 159 Church Street is a 17th-century building that stands three storeys tall with a gabled roof and a plastered exterior. It features timber framing and a jetty at the second floor and gable. The building has 19th-century paired sash windows with wooden mullions. The shop front, also from the 19th century, includes plain pilasters and modern glazing. To the left of the main structure, there is a pentice extension that has one window on each storey, with the upper window featuring glazing bars. This building is part of a group that includes Nos. 157, 160, the Friends Meeting House, and Nos. 162 to 164.

Local climate

159, CHURCH STREET (See details for further address information) receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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