Lodge and Attached Entrance Piers to Dobroyd Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1984. Lodge.

Lodge and Attached Entrance Piers to Dobroyd Castle

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1984
Type
Lodge
Address
Lodge and Attached Entrance Piers to Dobroyd Castle, Dobroyd Road, Todmorden
OS grid reference
SD 930 235
Coordinates
53.70807, -2.10705
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The lodge and attached entrance piers to Dobroyd Castle were built around 1865, possibly designed by John Gibson. The structure is made of pitch-faced stone with ashlar dressings, and the roof is not visible. It has an irregular plan and consists of one and two storeys. The building features basket-arched windows and doorways, along with a heavy embattled parapet. The entrance piers are square in plan and topped with embattlements.

Local climate

Lodge and Attached Entrance Piers to Dobroyd Castle 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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