1-11, WATSONS HOUSES (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 March 1978. Cottages.
1-11, WATSONS HOUSES (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- tenth-vestry-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 March 1978
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- 1-11, WATSONS HOUSES (See details for further address information), 6 and 8, Skipton
- OS grid reference
- SD 988 516
- Coordinates
- 53.96121, -2.01882
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Watsons Houses consists of a row of late Georgian cottages, built from stone and standing two storeys high. Each cottage features a stone flag roof, a panelled door, and one sash window on each floor, all framed by stone architraves. These cottages were likely constructed for canal workers.
Local climate
1-11, WATSONS HOUSES (See details for further address information) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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