1 and 2 Gate House is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Cottages. 2 related planning applications.
1 and 2 Gate House
- WRENN ID
- rooted-iron-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- 1 and 2 Gate House, Old Mount Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 043 109
- Coordinates
- 53.5951, -1.93505
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 1 and 2 Gate House are a pair of cottages built in the late 18th century to early 19th century. They are constructed from hammer-dressed stone and feature a pitched stone slate roof. The cottages are two storeys high.
On the east elevation, the ground floor has two entrances with deep lintels, stone surrounds with ties, and deep reveals. There are also two 5-light stone mullioned windows with recessed lower lintels. The first floor contains two recessed 3-light stone mullioned windows, one for each dwelling.
The west elevation is obscured by a 20th-century two-storey stone extension. The south gable includes a single-storey lean-to extension.
Local climate
1 and 2 Gate House 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 — 1 transaction since 2014
- 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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