Lower Hathershelf is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1963. Cottages.

Lower Hathershelf

WRENN ID
gilded-entrance-summer
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 July 1963
Type
Cottages
Address
Lower Hathershelf, 2, 4 and 6, Hathershelf Lane, Hebden Royd, HX2 6JH
OS grid reference
SE 026 252
Coordinates
53.72342, -1.96161
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Hathershelf consists of a pair of cottages built in 1743, along with a contemporary cottage added to the rear. The cottages are constructed from hammer-dressed stone and feature a stone slate roof. They are two storeys high and consist of two cells, each with a doorway that has monolithic jambs. The doorway on the right includes tie-stones and a lintel inscribed with "J S ll," which represents John and Sarah Normanton. The windows have plain stone surrounds and were originally mullioned with four lights on both floors. The building has quoins and a central stack on the ridge. The rear cottage has a gabled stack, a doorway with monolithic jambs, and flat-faced mullioned windows with two wide lights, along with a window of three lights above on the first floor. The cottages are listed for their group value.

Local climate

Lower Hathershelf 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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