Riddlesden College is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 February 1955. Barn, bible college.
Riddlesden College
- WRENN ID
- quiet-ashlar-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Keighley and Ilkley MP: Robbie Moore (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 February 1955
- Type
- Barn, bible college
- Address
- Riddlesden College, Leach Way, Keighley
- OS grid reference
- SE 072 427
- Coordinates
- 53.88057, -1.89166
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Riddlesden College, originally a barn, is a 17th-century building now serving as a bible college. It features coursed stone construction and stone slate roofs, forming an L-shaped range with two storeys. The barn section has a tall round-arched gabled cart-entry on the left, with chamfered voussoirs and a surround that breaks forward. Above this entry is a round-arched vent, and the gable is adorned with shaped kneelers and ashlar coping. There are two chamfered quoined doorways; the right one has a similar taking-in door above, while the other has a square opening above. The barn also includes round-headed vents with sunk spandrels and a first-floor window with two round-headed lights. Additionally, there are two 20th-century windows and modern glazing in the doors, along with skylights. The mistal range, positioned at right angles to the left, features three chamfered, quoined doorways with deep lintels and 20th-century doors and windows, along with two square openings above. The left side has a shaped kneeler and ashlar coping. At the rear, the barn has a three-light window with round-headed lights on the first floor, and both gable ends have round-arched and rectangular chamfered vents. This building was formerly the barn associated with West Riddlesden Hall.
Local climate
Riddlesden College 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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