Gibson's Mill Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1984. Cottage.

Gibson's Mill Cottages

WRENN ID
eastward-bailey-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 December 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Gibson's Mill Cottages, 6, Hardcastle Crags, Heptonstall
OS grid reference
SD 973 298
Coordinates
53.76485, -2.04235
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gibson's Mill Cottages is a small single-cell cottage located next to a toll bridge, likely serving as the toll-keeper's house. It dates from the early 19th century and features quoins, watershot masonry, and a stone slate roof. The cottage has a similar character to Nos. 4 and 5 Gibson's Mill Cottages, which it faces across the former mill yard leading to Gibson Mill.

The front of the cottage includes a three-light flat-faced mullioned window with plain stone surrounds and a projecting sill to the left of the doorway, which has a sill-tie. Above this, there is a four-light window on the first floor. A gable stack is positioned on the left-hand return wall, which has an outshut attached that includes two doorways. The rear of the cottage backs onto the river and features a two-light window on the ground floor. On the right-hand return wall, there is a doorway with tie-stone jambs leading to the first floor, accessed by a flight of five stone steps. This doorway is adjacent to the parapet of the toll bridge. A wooden plaque is affixed to the wall, recording the various tolls.

Local climate

Gibson's Mill Cottages 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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