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
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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- 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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