Slab Wall to North of Footpath Between Upper Lane and Hall Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. Footpath wall.
Slab Wall to North of Footpath Between Upper Lane and Hall Lane
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-rampart-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Footpath wall
- OS grid reference
- SE 109 273
- Coordinates
- 53.74231, -1.83484
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The slab wall located to the north of the footpath between Upper Lane and Hall Lane in Halifax dates from around 1780 and has sustained minor damage over the years. It is constructed from ashlar stone slabs that are linked by cast iron plates and bolts. The wall consists of 224 large plain stone slabs, standing 1 metre high, and stretches 174 metres along the north side of the footpath. This type of wall or fence was once common in the area. In 1793, Robert Brown and his team noted similar "fences" made from long flagstones, which were set upright in the ground, creating a complete and attractive boundary. This slab wall is the only example that remains intact today.
Local climate
Slab Wall to North of Footpath Between Upper Lane and Hall Lane sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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