Former Lock-Keepers Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1985. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Former Lock-Keepers Cottage
- WRENN ID
- slow-vestry-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Spen Valley MP: Kim Leadbeater (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Former Lock-Keepers Cottage, 7, Newgate, Mirfield, WF14 8DD
- OS grid reference
- SE 201 196
- Coordinates
- 53.67338, -1.69663
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A former lock-keeper's cottage dating from the late 18th century. The cottage is constructed of hammer-dressed stone with quoins, and has a stone slate roof. It is two storeys high, with the original entrance located to the left and a single bay featuring two-light windows to the right. A later addition exists to the right side of the original structure.
Local climate
Former Lock-Keepers Cottage receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 1999
- 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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