Thornhill House is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1983. House. 1 related planning application.

Thornhill House

WRENN ID
lone-cupola-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1983
Type
House
Address
Thornhill House, Towngate, HX3 8JB
OS grid reference
SE 123 257
Coordinates
53.72797, -1.81474
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Thornhill House is a late 18th-century house located on the south side of Towngate in Hipperholme, Brighouse. It is constructed of hammer-dressed stone with a slate roof. The house is three storeys high and exhibits a symmetrical facade with raised quoins and bands, topped by a moulded cornice. The front has five bays, each featuring large sash windows with projecting jambs and sills. A gabled porch was added in the late 19th century, centrally placed on the facade. The building has coped gables and stacks.

Local climate

Thornhill House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
  • 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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