Boundary Wall, Railing, Piers, Gates to North and East of Joseph Crossleys Almshouse is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1973. Boundary wall.

Boundary Wall, Railing, Piers, Gates to North and East of Joseph Crossleys Almshouse

WRENN ID
scarred-banister-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 November 1973
Type
Boundary wall
Address
Boundary Wall, Railing, Piers, Gates to North and East of Joseph Crossleys Almshouse, Arden Road
OS grid reference
SE 085 246
Coordinates
53.71825, -1.87265
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The boundary wall, railing, piers, and gates located to the north and east of Joseph Crossley's Almshouses were built around 1863. The structure features a stone wall with shaped coping and decorative iron railing. There is a pair of gates flanked by piers that are topped by heraldic beasts. Additionally, there are two simpler gateways leading to Swire's Road, which have gates made of timber and iron. This boundary structure is included as part of the Almshouses.

Local climate

Boundary Wall, Railing, Piers, Gates to North and East of Joseph Crossleys Almshouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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