Smiths Arms Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1965. Public house. 9 related planning applications.
Smiths Arms Public House
- WRENN ID
- first-cornice-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1965
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Smiths Arms Public House, Far Dean, Kirkburton, HD8 0QP
- OS grid reference
- SE 191 135
- Coordinates
- 53.61829, -1.71231
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Smiths Arms is a detached public house, dated 1669 with a 19th-century wing at the rear. It has rendered walls and a stone slate roof with chamfered gable copings on cut kneelers. The building features a central and gable stack, both of which have been altered. The public house is two storeys high. The central doorway has an elaborate ornamental datestone reading "IR GR 16 69". To the left of the doorway is a six-light double chamfered window with a king mullion, and two three-light chamfered windows to the first floor. To the right are a three-light double chamfered window on each floor. A two-light, blocked, double chamfered window is present in the right gable apex. The interior has been modernised.
Local climate
Smiths Arms Public House 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 — 3 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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