Walls and Gates to Abbott's Ladies Home is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1992. Boundary walls, gates.
Walls and Gates to Abbott's Ladies Home
- WRENN ID
- muffled-cupola-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Halifax MP: Kate Dearden (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1992
- Type
- Boundary walls, gates
- Address
- Walls and Gates to Abbott's Ladies Home, Skircoat Green Road, HX3 0LA
- OS grid reference
- SE 091 234
- Coordinates
- 53.7072, -1.8625
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The walls and gates to Abbott's Ladies Home, built around 1870 by F. Swindon-Barker, are located on the east side of Skircoat Green Road. The structure features coursed rubble and ashlar. It includes three tall gate piers that have a square plan, moulded bases, and decorated tops. There are two pairs of gates situated between the piers. The walls on either side extend along Skircoat Green Road, showcasing chamfered coping and ornate iron railings.
Local climate
Walls and Gates to Abbott's Ladies Home 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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