173-179, Thornton Old Road BD8 is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1983. Cottage row.
173-179, Thornton Old Road BD8
- WRENN ID
- cold-brick-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Bradford West MP: Naz Shah (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage row
- OS grid reference
- SE 130 332
- Coordinates
- 53.79555, -1.80289
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 173 to 179 on Thornton Old Road are a row of cottages built around 1830-1840. They are two-storey structures made of sandstone that resembles brick, featuring a platband. The roofs are covered with stone slates and have corniced chimneys. The first floor has single light windows, while the ground floor has two light square mullioned windows, all with squared surrounds. The doorways have squared jambs. These cottages are included in the listing for their group value.
Local climate
173-179, Thornton Old Road BD8 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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