17 Town Gate is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
17 Town Gate
- WRENN ID
- cold-soffit-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- 17 Town Gate, HD7 6DD
- OS grid reference
- SE 048 115
- Coordinates
- 53.60077, -1.92888
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 18th-century building, with a later 18th-century addition, originally comprising two dwellings. It is constructed of hammer-dressed stone, with some parts rendered, and features quoins. The corners of the north elevation are chamfered. The roof is pitched and covered in stone slate.
The western part of the building has a south elevation featuring a rendered entrance surround on the ground floor and a four-light stone mullioned window above. The first-floor window is chamfered and recessed. The north elevation shows a ground-floor entrance with a stone surround, and a four-light stone mullioned window below, where two mullions have been removed. Above this is a three-light stone mullioned window, also chamfered and recessed.
The eastern section of the building has a south elevation with a single-light opening, likely a former doorway, and a three-light stone mullioned window on the ground floor, both recessed. The first floor has a four-light stone mullioned window which is recessed. The north elevation shows a blocked-up doorway with a stone surround and tie-stones, and a three-light stone mullioned window on the ground floor, which is recessed. The first floor has a matching three-light stone mullioned window, also recessed.
Local climate
17 Town Gate 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 — 2 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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