2, Silver Street is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1973. Commercial building. 4 related planning applications.

2, Silver Street

WRENN ID
waiting-screen-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 November 1973
Type
Commercial building
Address
2, Silver Street, HX1 1HS
OS grid reference
SE 091 252
Coordinates
53.72322, -1.86214
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 2 Silver Street is a distinguished stone building from the mid to late 19th century, located on a tapered corner site. Designed in the 13th-century Gothic style, it stands three storeys tall, with an additional storey in the slated roof. The ground storey features an arcade, while the upper levels have paired arched windows. The building is adorned with gables that include miniature turrets, stone dormers, and a pierced parapet on the steeply modelled roof, which also has chimney stacks. There are four windows facing Silver Street, three on Waterhouse Street, and seven on the return to Crown Street, along with two entrances. Nos. 2 to 16 (even) form an island group with Nos. 4 to 10 (even) Central Street and Nos. 43 to 55 (odd) Crown Street.

Local climate

2, Silver Street 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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  • Radon risk assessment
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