Former Sunday School is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1983. Former school, village hall.

Former Sunday School

WRENN ID
second-balcony-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 August 1983
Type
Former school, village hall
Address
Former Sunday School, Wickens Lane, Holme Valley
OS grid reference
SE 126 086
Coordinates
53.57417, -1.81079
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Former Sunday School and School House, now used as a Village Hall, was built in 1837. It is constructed from hammer-dressed stone and features a stone slate roof with gable copings and two ashlar stacks. The building is primarily single storey, with the School House rising to two storeys. It has four round arched windows, each with a keystone and impost blocks, and glazing bars. The third window is topped by a small pediment supported by rusticated ashlar piers, and the tympanum includes the inscription: "THIS SCHOOL was built by Subscription AD 1837." To the right, the School House has an entrance and a single light window on the ground floor, as well as a single light window on the first floor. The rear elevation mirrors the front but includes a stone porch over the third bay from the right.

Local climate

Former Sunday School 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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