Kimbo Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1984. House. 4 related planning applications.

Kimbo Cottage

WRENN ID
hidden-steeple-dock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1984
Type
House
Address
Kimbo Cottage, 10 and 11, Midgley Road, Hebden Royd, HX7 5LR
OS grid reference
SE 015 262
Coordinates
53.73241, -1.97818
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kimbo Cottage is a house dating from 1762. It is constructed of thin coursed stone with ashlar dressings and has a stone slate roof. The building is two storeys high and features raised quoins and a band. It has four bays; the outer bays each contain wide two-light windows, originally sash windows, on both floors. The central bays have a doorway with monolithic jambs alongside a single-light window. A date plaque is set above the doorway on the first floor. Moulded gutter brackets are present. The gables are coped with kneelers and stacks. The house was initialled and dated J:H.

Local climate

Kimbo Cottage 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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  • 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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