Old Gatehouse is a Grade I listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1967. A {} House. 2 related planning applications.
Old Gatehouse
- WRENN ID
- high-portal-spindle
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Richmond and Northallerton MP: Rishi Sunak (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1967
- Type
- House
- Period
- {}
- Address
- Old Gatehouse, East Witton, HG4 4PH
- OS grid reference
- SE 169 856
- Coordinates
- 54.26638, -1.74086
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Gatehouse is a house of C13 and C19 origin, formerly part of Jervaulx Abbey. It is constructed of ashlar and rubble stone with a slate roof. The building is two storeys high, with three first-floor windows. A C20 part-glazed door is located in bay three. Openings are finished with sandstone sills and lintels, and contain four-pane sash windows. Chimneys are situated at the left end and between bays two and three. The rear elevation has an irregular plan, incorporating a section of a medieval gatehouse doorway and fireplace. The right return features two small pointed windows. The building was formerly listed as Jervaulx Abbey Lodge.
Local climate
Old Gatehouse receives an average of 880 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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 — 1 transaction since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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