Chain and Adjoining Barn, 1 Meltham Road is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Barn, house.
Chain and Adjoining Barn, 1 Meltham Road
- WRENN ID
- calm-tracery-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- Barn, house
- OS grid reference
- SE 062 121
- Coordinates
- 53.60614, -1.90746
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building known as Chain and Adjoining Barn at 1 Meltham Road dates back to 1812, as indicated by a datestone. It is part of a terrace and features a barn that is oriented at a 90-degree angle. The structure is made of hammer-dressed stone with quoins and has a pitched tile roof, complete with copings on the gable supported by moulded footstones. It stands two storeys tall with a basement.
On the south elevation, the ground floor has two entrances with stone surrounds and tie-stones, although one entrance is partially blocked. There is also a single blocked light adjacent to the entrances. The first floor features a three-light stone mullioned window and a two-light stone mullioned window. The north elevation has a five-light stone mullioned window that is double chamfered and a three-light stone mullioned window on the ground floor, with another three-light stone mullioned window on the first floor. Additionally, there is a single-storey lean-to extension with a tiled roof.
Historically, this building served as the Traveller's Rest public house until 1915 and was also known as the Shoulder of Mutton. The adjoining barn, which connects to the house through later infill, dates from the late 18th century to early 19th century. It is constructed of hammer-dressed stone with quoins and features a pitched stone slate roof. The east elevation of the barn includes a large doorway with a segmental arched head, quoins, and ties, along with a small oculus above.
Local climate
Chain and Adjoining Barn, 1 Meltham Road 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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