Harrison House Branch Library is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1973. Library. 4 related planning applications.

Harrison House Branch Library

WRENN ID
haunted-chamber-thistle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 November 1973
Type
Library
Address
Harrison House Branch Library, Harrison Road, HX1 2AF
OS grid reference
SE 091 249
Coordinates
53.72081, -1.8632
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Harrison House Branch Library is an early 19th-century, two-storey stone building located on Harrison Road. It features a corner design with a row of giant, simplified Doric pilasters supporting a deep frieze in the entablature. The front has five windows, each with moulded architraves, and a simple entrance. The south side has three bays. This library is part of an interesting group of early to mid-19th-century buildings that includes Nos 1 to 7 (odd), Nos 11 and 11a Carlton Congregational Church, and Nos 13 and 15, as well as Nos 2 to 8 (even).

Local climate

Harrison House Branch Library 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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