Tower in North West Corner of Railway Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Tower.
Tower in North West Corner of Railway Yard
- WRENN ID
- nether-cobalt-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Tower
- Address
- Tower in North West Corner of Railway Yard, Fitzwilliam Street
- OS grid reference
- SE 142 170
- Coordinates
- 53.64984, -1.78553
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The tower located in the north-west corner of the railway yard, likely built around 1878 during the station's extension and the construction of the goods warehouse, is constructed of red brick with blue brick quoins, imposts, and strings. It features pink brick voussoirs and a yellow brick cornice, topped with a pyramidal slate roof. The eaves overhang and are supported by yellow brick brackets. The tower includes an oculus and has blind arcades with three arches on each side, featuring ashlar keystones near the top. The center lights of the arches are glazed and include glazing bars.
Local climate
Tower in North West Corner of Railway Yard 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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