The Corner House is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. Cottage, dwelling. 1 related planning application.
The Corner House
- WRENN ID
- seventh-rubble-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- Cottage, dwelling
- Address
- The Corner House, Main Street, Hovingham, YO62 4LF
- OS grid reference
- SE 667 758
- Coordinates
- 54.1739, -0.97827
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Corner House is a late 18th-century to early 19th-century dwelling, originally two cottages combined into one. It is constructed of hammer-dressed limestone with a brick plinth, and has a pantile roof. The building was originally comprised of a two-cell cottage on the left, and a single-cell cottage to the right. It is two storeys high with three first-floor windows. The front features a six-panel door with glazed upper panels, and a blocked door to the right. Casement windows are set beneath flat stone arches. End and ridge stacks are present. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
The Corner House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% 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 2013
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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