Police Box on Roadside Next to Number 55 is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. Police box. 1 related planning application.
Police Box on Roadside Next to Number 55
- WRENN ID
- pitched-cupola-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1987
- Type
- Police box
- Address
- Police Box on Roadside Next to Number 55, Northgate, HD5 8RX
- OS grid reference
- SE 167 153
- Coordinates
- 53.63413, -1.74856
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This police box dates to the 1920s or 1930s and is constructed of timber. It has a rectangular plan and sits on a plinth with a moulded string above it, and a plain frieze. The front, facing the road, has two sections, each with a glazed panel at the top featuring margin glazing bars. The left section is a door, while the right section contains a small door leading to a public telephone cupboard situated at mid-height. The returns of the building feature three sections. A roof light is positioned on the roof, with a bell above it.
Local climate
Police Box on Roadside Next to Number 55 receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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