Aviary in Shaw Park is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 October 1992. Aviary. 1 related planning application.
Aviary in Shaw Park
- WRENN ID
- wild-courtyard-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 October 1992
- Type
- Aviary
- Address
- Aviary in Shaw Park, Shaw Lane, Stainland and District, HX4 9DH
- OS grid reference
- SE 088 195
- Coordinates
- 53.67276, -1.86714
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The aviary, now disused, was constructed around 1870 as part of Shaw Park. It is built of dressed stone with ashlar dressings, slate and corrugated iron roofs. The structure comprises a three-story central tower and flanking single-story wings. The central tower has a dentilated band just above the first floor, a moulded and dentilated band above the second floor, and a deep bracketed eaves cornice. The pyramidal hipped roof has a curved rear gable. The tower's central doorway is pointed, flanked by lancet windows; above are three lancets, and above that, a pair of lancets flanked by single lancets. The upper stage of the tower has three lancets on each side face. The wings each originally had six tall lancet windows, the lower halves of which are now blocked, alternating with five pairs of small segment arched openings, which are also blocked. Originally, the wings had hipped roofs, now replaced with lean-to corrugated iron roofs, and the front had a single-story cage.
Local climate
Aviary in Shaw Park 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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