Number 2 Town Head is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Number 2 Town Head
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-rood-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Keighley and Ilkley MP: Robbie Moore (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Number 2 Town Head, North Street, Silsden, BD20 9PS
- OS grid reference
- SE 044 468
- Coordinates
- 53.91797, -1.93398
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 18th-century cottage located on the east side of North Street in Silsden. The cottage is constructed of hammer-dressed stone with dressed quoins, and has a stone slate roof. It is a single-cell, double-depth design. A doorway is set to the left of a window on the ground floor, with a tie-stone jambs. The ground-floor window has a projecting plain stone surround, while the first-floor window has a flush surround. A coped gable, with kneelers and a stack, is situated to the right. The building is listed for its group value.
Local climate
Number 2 Town Head sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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 2014
- 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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