Upper Rocher Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Upper Rocher Farm
- WRENN ID
- waiting-obsidian-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Upper Rocher Farm, Rotcher
- OS grid reference
- SE 072 137
- Coordinates
- 53.62027, -1.89202
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Upper Rocher Farm is a mid to late 18th century former farmhouse constructed of coursed rubble with quoins and a rough plinth. It features a pitched stone slate roof and stands two storeys tall.
On the south elevation, the ground floor has an entrance with a deep lintel and stone surround, alongside a 6-light stone mullioned window that is recessed and has a King mullion, although two of its mullions have been removed. There are also two 2-light stone mullioned windows, one of which has had its mullion removed, and another that is double chamfered with its mullion also removed. The first floor contains two 3-light stone mullioned windows, with one having one mullion removed. Additionally, a former slight stone mullioned window has been completely altered to serve as a pigeon loft, and there is another 2-light stone mullioned window, which has had its mullion removed and now functions as a pigeon loft.
The west gable features a single light window on the ground floor that is recessed with a stone surround, and a 3-light stone mullioned window on the first floor, also recessed. The north elevation has a doorway with quoins, chamfered reveals, and a pointed lintel with a Tudor arch on the ground floor, along with a recessed 2-light stone mullioned window and a single light window with a stone surround. On the first floor, there are two 2-light stone mullioned windows.
The east gable includes a ground floor 2-light stone mullioned window that is chamfered and recessed, with its mullion removed, and another 2-light stone mullioned window that also has had its mullion removed. The first floor features a 6-light stone mullioned window, from which four mullions have been removed.
Local climate
Upper Rocher Farm 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
- 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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