Kirk Head is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1984. Cottages.
Kirk Head
- WRENN ID
- low-quartz-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1984
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Kirk Head, 2 and 3, Cross Stone Road, Todmorden
- OS grid reference
- SD 945 248
- Coordinates
- 53.72012, -2.08369
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kirk Head is a group of three cottages built in the early 19th century. They are constructed from watershot masonry and feature a stone slate roof. The cottages are two storeys high and have a double pile layout. The corners are accentuated with quoins. The front of the building has two cells; the first cell includes a doorway with a sill tie and a flat-faced mullioned window with two large lights, along with a five-light window above. The second cell also has a doorway with a sill tie and a five-light flat-faced mullioned window above, both featuring a wider central light that was likely originally sashed. On the left-hand return wall, there is another doorway with a sill tie and a two-light flat-faced mullioned window above. At the rear, there is a later outshut made of pitch-faced stone. The cottages have two dressed stacks at the ridge.
Local climate
Kirk Head 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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