Forecourt Wall Piers and Gates to Hope Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 April 1982. Church. 1 related planning application.
Forecourt Wall Piers and Gates to Hope Baptist Church
- WRENN ID
- lost-pier-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 April 1982
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Forecourt Wall Piers and Gates to Hope Baptist Church, New Road, Hebden Royd
- OS grid reference
- SD 992 271
- Coordinates
- 53.74086, -2.01259
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt wall, piers, and gates to Hope Baptist Church were built in 1857 and are contemporary with the church itself. The structure features dwarf walls, although the railings have been removed. It includes panelled ashlar gate piers topped with heavy, up-swept cast iron gates. The design incorporates spear head rails and dog rails, along with rusticated terminal piers.
Local climate
Forecourt Wall Piers and Gates to Hope Baptist Church sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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