The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1972. Cottage.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- scarred-lead-evening
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1972
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Cottage, Ward's Yard, Baxtergate, Whitby
- OS grid reference
- NZ 898 109
- Coordinates
- 54.48588, -0.61448
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is an 18th-century building located at 1811 Baxtergate in Ward's Yard. It is two storeys tall and constructed of painted brick, topped with a pantile roof. The façade features one fixed window with an opening light on each storey, both fitted with modern glazing. The entrance is a modern glass door, which is adorned with a pedimented hood supported by consoles.
Local climate
The Cottage receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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