St Paul's Hall, University of Huddersfield is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1952. Church, hall. 2 related planning applications.

St Paul's Hall, University of Huddersfield

WRENN ID
vacant-attic-thyme
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 March 1952
Type
Church, hall
Address
St Paul's Hall, University of Huddersfield, Queensgate, HD1 2RD
OS grid reference
SE 146 163
Coordinates
53.64372, -1.77984
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

St Paul's Hall, located at the University of Huddersfield, was built in 1829 and designed by either John Oates or Joseph Kaye. The building is constructed of ashlar stone and features a pitched slate roof. It includes a nave with aisles, a chancel, a vestry, and a west tower, all adorned with parapets and diagonal buttresses at the corners topped with pinnacles. The nave has five bays, while the chancel consists of three bays with a polygonal end. The windows are plain, chamfered, untraceried lancets, some of which have hoodmoulds. The three-stage tower is supported by diagonal buttresses and has a crenellated parapet, topped with an octagonal spire that features two stages of gabled lucanes. The west doors of the aisles are decorated with ogee mouldings and delicate sculpted ornament.

In 1883, a chancel was added, with its foundation stone laid by Lady Gwendolen Ramsden. Inside, the hall has octagonal piers and a tall arcade with a blind triforium arcade, along with clerestory lancets supported by colonettes. The roofs are flat, and the chancel boasts a quadripartite rib vault. There is also a west gallery and a notable neo-classical marble tablet commemorating Edward Learoyd, who died in 1857.

Local climate

St Paul's Hall, University of Huddersfield 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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