Youth Hostel is a Grade I listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1954. A {} Youth hostel.
Youth Hostel
- WRENN ID
- low-pilaster-linden
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Scarborough and Whitby MP: Alison Hume (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1954
- Type
- Youth hostel
- Period
- {}
- Address
- Youth Hostel, Whitby
- OS grid reference
- NZ 901 112
- Coordinates
- 54.48817, -0.60948
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Youth Hostel, originally built in 1811 and formerly listed as a range of cottages and buildings to the west of Whitby Abbey Entrance, is a single-storey structure with coursed stone and ashlar dressings. It features a new pantile roof and a range of modern dormers. The building has two and three-light mullion windows with a moulded cornice, although some modern windows have been added. There is a plain modern door situated beneath a large wooden lintel, accompanied by sidelights. This building is included in the listing for its group value, as it forms a group with Abbey House.
Local climate
Youth Hostel receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% 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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