Freestanding Chimney at Bleachcroft Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Barnsley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 October 1988. Chimney.
Freestanding Chimney at Bleachcroft Farm
- WRENN ID
- muted-cloister-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnsley
- Constituency
- Barnsley North MP: Dan Jarvis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 October 1988
- Type
- Chimney
- Address
- Freestanding Chimney at Bleachcroft Farm, Barnsley Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 381 089
- Coordinates
- 53.57533, -1.42578
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The freestanding chimney at Bleachcroft Farm is a works chimney dated 1854, originally built for the Midland Bleach Works. It is constructed from dressed and ashlar sandstone. The chimney features a square pedestal with a moulded plinth and cornice, topped by a tall octagonal chimney that includes a datestone on the west side and an entablature. This chimney is the most notable remnant of the bleach works established by Barnsley manufacturer Henry Jackson. Information is provided by the Sheffield Trades Historical Society.
Local climate
Freestanding Chimney at Bleachcroft Farm receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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