Shoulder of Mutton Public House, including the former Priestley Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1954. Public house.
Shoulder of Mutton Public House, including the former Priestley Hall
- WRENN ID
- hollow-mullion-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 November 1954
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Shoulder of Mutton Public House, including the former Priestley Hall, Town Gate
- OS grid reference
- SE 111 268
- Coordinates
- 53.73835, -1.83185
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Shoulder of Mutton Public House, which includes the former Priestley Hall, is a late 17th-century building that has been altered in the 18th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of coursed stone, with some parts rendered, and features ashlar dressings and stone slate roofs. The building is two stories high and has quoins.
The south front has a gabled cross wing on the left, which contains five-light chamfered mullion windows on both floors, each with continuous drip moulds. To the right, there is a single doorway followed by another five-light mullion window, with an additional five-light mullion window above. Further to the right, set back, is the former Priestley Hall, which has first and second floor bands, a plain parapet, and a slightly projecting central section. The central doorway has a plain ashlar surround and is flanked by single five-light mullion windows. Above this doorway is a central two-light mullion window, also flanked by five-light mullion windows. The gable wall facing the street is painted render.
On the rear facade, to the right, there is an early cross wing with a four-light chamfered mullion window on the first floor. The former Priestley Hall features a central tall staircase window, flanked by five-light windows on both floors.
Local climate
Shoulder of Mutton Public House, including the former Priestley Hall 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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