Lilac Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1983. House.

Lilac Cottage

WRENN ID
ruined-attic-khaki
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
Lilac Cottage, Cooper Bridge Road
OS grid reference
SE 176 206
Coordinates
53.68187, -1.73435
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lilac Cottage is a house dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of hammer-dressed stone and features a stone slate roof. The building has two storeys, and the east elevation includes four-light flat-faced mullioned windows that still have their glazing bars. There is a tall ashlar stack on the left-hand gable. The cottage overlooks a canal. On the west side, there is a doorway with monolithic jambs and a six-panelled door. Attached at right angles is a single-storey gabled kitchen that includes a stack.

Local climate

Lilac Cottage receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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