185 and 187, 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.
185 and 187, Thornton Old Road BD8
- WRENN ID
- narrow-copper-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Bradford West MP: Naz Shah (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- OS grid reference
- SE 130 332
- Coordinates
- 53.79531, -1.80303
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 185 and 187 on Thornton Old Road are a pair of cottages built around 1820-1830, located on the east side of a paved yard south of Crossley Hall. These two-storey structures are made of sandstone that resembles brick and feature a stone slate roof with corniced chimneys. The cottages have single light squared surround windows, and No 185 has three light square mullion windows. The doorways have squared jambs. These cottages are included in the listing for their group value.
Local climate
185 and 187, 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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