Old Town Farmhouse and attached barn is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 1966. House. 4 related planning applications.
Old Town Farmhouse and attached barn
- WRENN ID
- south-slate-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 November 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Town Farmhouse and attached barn, Wadsworth
- OS grid reference
- SD 999 282
- Coordinates
- 53.75093, -2.00172
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Town Farmhouse and attached barn date back to 1637, with a significant addition of an early 18th century barn. The farmhouse is constructed of large dressed stone, with smaller coursed stone for the barn, and has a stone slate roof, with blue slate on one side. It is a hall-and-crosswing house with a three-room plan and a through passage. The gabled crosswing features copings, kneelers, and a crocketed finial to the apex, along with quoins. There are ten-light, flat-faced mullioned windows, spanning three floors, while basement windows are blocked. The return wall of the wing has a doorway bearing the inscription "1637 AG". The farmhouse has an unusual stepped window with a taller central light of seven lights, featuring chamfered mullions. The through passage doorway has composite jambs and a chamfered surround, with a single arched light above leading to the first floor. A six-light window and a four-light double-chamfered mullioned window are also present on the first floor. The rear of the farmhouse features a through-passage doorway with a large monolithic lintel and a chamfered surround.
Attached to the farmhouse is a gabled building with a columbarium at its apex and two-light chamfered mullioned windows in the north wall, alongside a blocked taking-in door to the first floor. A barn situated at a right angle has a stilted arched cart entry and a simple Venetian window above. The barn's interior contains three bays with softwood queen-post trusses. The interior of the farmhouse was not inspected.
Local climate
Old Town Farmhouse and attached barn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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