Higher Scout is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1984. Laithe house.
Higher Scout
- WRENN ID
- solemn-baluster-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1984
- Type
- Laithe house
- Address
- Higher Scout, Hollingworth Lane, Todmorden
- OS grid reference
- SD 943 214
- Coordinates
- 53.68921, -2.08714
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher Scout is a laithe house with added cottages, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed of large coursed hammer-dressed stone and features a stone slate roof. The building has two storeys. To the left is a cottage with one bay, followed by the barn and cottage that form the core of the laithe house, and then two additional cottages, each with one bay. All the windows are flat faced and mullioned. The first bay has quoins, a three-light stepped window, and a doorway with tie-stones that bears the date 1825 on the lintel. Above this doorway are two two-light windows, although this bay lacks a roof. The barn includes a semi-circular arched cart entry, with a doorway next to the three-light stepped window. Above this doorway is a large two-light window. The added cottages have a lower roof level, each featuring doorways with sill ties and a three-light window above, which is topped by a wide two-light window. There are two stacks on the ridge, located to the right of the laithe house and between the cottages.
Local climate
Higher Scout sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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