Fern Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 June 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
Fern Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dusk-thatch-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 June 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Fern Cottage, Railway Street, Slingsby, YO62 4AN
- OS grid reference
- SE 698 750
- Coordinates
- 54.1665, -0.93217
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fern Cottage is a house dating from the mid-18th century, with later alterations. It is constructed of limestone rubble, brought to course, and has a pantile roof. Originally designed with a three-cell lobby-entry plan, the layout has subsequently been altered. The house is two storeys high and has five bays. A late 20th-century board door is situated in the third bay. Most of the windows are sixteen-pane sashes, with narrower casements in the first bay and a blocked opening above the door. The ground floor windows have flat stone arches. The roof sweeps up to gable copings, with shaped kneelers, and end and ridge stacks. Internally, two principal roof trusses are visible. The principals are halved and pegged at the apex, with trenched purlins and collars.
Local climate
Fern Cottage receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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 — 6 transactions since 1996
- 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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