Well Head in Grounds of Meltham Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. Well head. 10 related planning applications.
Well Head in Grounds of Meltham Hall
- WRENN ID
- vast-pinnacle-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1984
- Type
- Well head
- Address
- Well Head in Grounds of Meltham Hall, Huddersfield Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 106 108
- Coordinates
- 53.59372, -1.84099
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an Italian-style well head located within the grounds of Meltham Hall. It is likely to date from before the Renaissance period. The well head is constructed from marble and features a tapering cylindrical form set upon a round, flat base. The base is decorated with four shields and four rosettes, flanked by crockets that support a rim featuring a band with nail-head decoration. The structure is partially damaged and has undergone repairs.
Local climate
Well Head in Grounds of Meltham Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 24 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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