Numbers 3 and 4 The Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 May 1971. Attached houses.
Numbers 3 and 4 The Cottages
- WRENN ID
- late-pillar-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 May 1971
- Type
- Attached houses
- Address
- Numbers 3 and 4 The Cottages, Wide Howe Lane, Baldersby
- OS grid reference
- SE 365 769
- Coordinates
- 54.18725, -1.44177
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 3 and 4, known as The Cottages, are a pair of attached houses built around 1855 by William Butterfield as part of the estate for Viscount Downe of Baldersby Park. They are constructed of red brick in English bond and feature a 20th-century tiled roof, showcasing a High Victorian style. The cottages are one and a half storeys tall, with a one-storey bay on the right and irregularly placed windows.
The entrance to No 3 is located on the left and consists of a 20th-century plank door set in a porch that has a hipped roof and corner buttresses. On the ground floor, there are two three-light wooden casements with glazing bars, positioned under segmental brick arches, and a two-light casement to the left of the porch. The first floor features two tall windows that rise as half-hipped dormers. A central stack straddles the ridge and is stepped, with tumbled-in brickwork, while a narrow chimney is located against the right gable.
Notably, the left end of the building was raised from one to one and a half storeys around 1960, above a small window. The right return has a door to No 4 made of vertical boards with beading and strap hinges, which appears to be original.
Local climate
Numbers 3 and 4 The Cottages receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
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