Lower Allescholes is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1984. House.

Lower Allescholes

WRENN ID
narrow-chapel-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1984
Type
House
Address
Lower Allescholes, Allescholes Road, Todmorden
OS grid reference
SD 936 207
Coordinates
53.68345, -2.09832
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Allescholes is a house built in 1715, constructed from random rubble with a slate roof. It has two storeys and a two-cell plan with an entry at the gable. The south front features double chamfered mullioned windows with four lights, although two of the mullions have been removed, and a six-light window with a king mullion. On the first floor, there are three flat-faced mullioned windows with three lights each. The gables are coped and have kneelers, with two stacks on each gable. The rear of the house has quoins and two chamfered mullioned windows with six lights on the ground floor, as well as three chamfered two-light windows on the first floor. Attached to the left end is a single cell that retains two chamfered two-light mullioned windows on the first floor. Inside, there is a segmental arched doorway to the gable, which is now covered by a 20th-century extension and is inscribed with "R:H:1715" in a simple chamfered surround. The rear kitchen features re-used timbers with half-lap joints.

Local climate

Lower Allescholes sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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