Old Town Hall, 3-9 Old Town Hall Cottages and attached gateway is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 November 1966. House, cottages.

Old Town Hall, 3-9 Old Town Hall Cottages and attached gateway

WRENN ID
over-marble-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 November 1966
Type
House, cottages
Address
Old Town Hall, 3-9 Old Town Hall Cottages and attached gateway, Wadsworth
OS grid reference
SD 999 283
Coordinates
53.75171, -2.00295
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Town Hall, along with Nos 3 to 9 Old Town Hall Cottages and an attached gateway, is a house dating from the early 17th century, with additional cottages added in the 18th century. The building consists of several residences and is constructed of large dressed stone with a stone slate roof. It stands two storeys high with an attic.

A notable feature is the Tudor arched gateway with a cyma moulded surround, which leads into an enclosed courtyard that showcases the main house. The house features a tall and impressive gabled two-storey porch, which has a Tudor arched doorway with sunken spandrels adorned with shields and a moulded surround. Above the porch chamber is a ten-light double chamfered mullioned and transomed window. The gable is coped and includes kneelers and ball finials.

A string course runs over the ground floor windows on either side, which are double chamfered mullioned. There is an altered five-light window to the left and a seven-light window with a five-light window above to the right. The rear wing, which is at right angles to the main structure, has two six-light windows and a long sixteen-light window above on the first floor, although some mullions have been removed. This wing also features a coped gable with kneelers and finials, along with other mullioned windows.

The north elevation of the cottages faces the lane and primarily has altered two-light windows on the first floor and inserted doorways. Number 7 is part of the main range and has a gable with a four-light double chamfered mullioned window and a five-light window on the first floor.

Local climate

Old Town Hall, 3-9 Old Town Hall Cottages and attached gateway sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,100 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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