1-4, Bents Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Farm terrace.
1-4, Bents Lane
- WRENN ID
- endless-porch-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- Farm terrace
- OS grid reference
- SE 055 130
- Coordinates
- 53.61385, -1.91763
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 1 to 4 on Bents Lane are a late 18th century to early 19th century farm terrace built from hammer-dressed stone, topped with a pitched stone slate roof. The southwest gable features a coped design with moulded footstones. The terrace is two storeys high.
On the southeast elevation, No 1 has a ground floor doorway with a stone surround and two single light windows with stone surrounds on the first floor. No 2 features a ground floor doorway with a stone surround, a large partly blocked doorway with tie-stones and an elliptical arched head, and one 3-light stone mullioned window. The first floor has two 2-light stone mullioned windows.
No 3 includes a ground floor doorway with a stone surround, a large garage doorway with a steel lintel and brick piers, and one 2-light stone mullioned window. The first floor has two 3-light stone mullioned windows. No 4 has a ground floor doorway with a stone surround, and two 3-light stone mullioned windows, although the mullions have been removed. The first floor features one 3-light stone mullioned window with one mullion removed, and one 4-light stone mullioned window with two mullions removed.
On the northwest elevation, No 2 has one 2-light stone mullioned window on each floor, as does No 3. The southwest gable has one single light window. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
1-4, Bents Lane sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% 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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