Barn to Lower Rookes is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1983. Barn. 7 related planning applications.

Barn to Lower Rookes

WRENN ID
tired-brass-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1983
Type
Barn
Address
Barn to Lower Rookes, Rookes Lane, HX3 8PU
OS grid reference
SE 140 263
Coordinates
53.73315, -1.78799
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn at Lower Rookes is a single-aisled structure built in the late 17th century, with an addition made to the left-hand end in the early 19th century. It is constructed from hammer-dressed stone and features a stone slate roof. The barn consists of six bays and has a segmental arched entry with a gable above. There are doorways with monolithic jambs leading to aisles on either side, and there is an opposed arched entry. Some king post trusses are still present, and while the stone wall under the arcade plate remains, the aisles continue to have posts with braces and ties. The left-hand gable includes an arched cart entry with a Venetian window positioned above it.

Local climate

Barn to Lower Rookes 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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