The Rookery is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1954. House. 1 related planning application.
The Rookery
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-shingle-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 November 1954
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Rookery, 12, Rookery Lane
- OS grid reference
- SE 098 230
- Coordinates
- 53.70379, -1.85279
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rookery is a substantial stone house dating to the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century. It is built against a hillside, with its main front facing the rear. The three-storey main facade has eaves and end gables, featuring four altered mullioned windows and an 18th-century staircase window. The road frontage is irregular and has been altered, but retains an arched doorway. The south return has two mullioned windows facing the rear. A less significant addition exists to the north. Internally, the house contains a modest 18th-century staircase with a wrought iron balustrade.
Local climate
The Rookery 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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