Portland House is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. House. 2 related planning applications.

Portland House

WRENN ID
knotted-bonework-river
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
Portland House, 55, New Hey Road, HD3 4AL
OS grid reference
SE 122 173
Coordinates
53.65246, -1.81638
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Portland House is a mid-19th century building located on New Hey Road. It is constructed of ashlar stone and features a hipped stone slate roof. The house has two storeys and is adorned with a moulded eaves cornice and a blocking course. The front facade includes three ranges of sash windows, with the central range slightly projecting forward and topped by a pediment-shaped blocking course that has a sculpted wreath. The entrance is set within a modern porch, which includes a full entablature and a blocking course also featuring a sculpted wreath.

Local climate

Portland House 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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