Convent of the Ladies of Mary (Main Block) is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 June 1973. Convent.
Convent of the Ladies of Mary (Main Block)
- WRENN ID
- waiting-jamb-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 June 1973
- Type
- Convent
- Address
- Convent of the Ladies of Mary (Main Block), Queen Street, Scarborough
- OS grid reference
- TA 042 888
- Coordinates
- 54.28483, -0.39963
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Convent of the Ladies of Mary, located on Queen Street, was built in 1884 and designed by architect F. A. Walters. This large building features a long red brick frontage with stone dressings and a symmetrical composition that includes flattened Gothic details. The gabled center is flanked by chimneys and has six bays on each side. The ground and first floor windows are set in shallow stone pointed arcades, while the second floor windows are separated by pointed capped stone piers. The gabled center also has three narrow pointed windows on the upper floors, which are contained within a three-centered arched broad stone surround. The entrance is characterized by a deeply moulded three-centered arch with sidelights.
Local climate
Convent of the Ladies of Mary (Main Block) receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% 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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