15, Smithwell Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1984. Cottage.

15, Smithwell Lane

WRENN ID
frozen-hearth-spring
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 December 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
15, Smithwell Lane, Heptonstall
OS grid reference
SD 985 281
Coordinates
53.74962, -2.02292
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This cottage, dating from around 1820, is located on Smithwell Lane in Heptonstall. It is built from hammer-dressed stone and features a stone slate roof. The cottage is two storeys high and has a broad gable with coped edges and kneelers. To the left of the gable, there is a doorway next to a three-light window with a projecting sill. On the first floor, there are a two-light window and a four-light window. An arched window is positioned at the apex for the attic. A single stack rises from the ridge of the roof.

Local climate

15, Smithwell Lane sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,070 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% 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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