2 and 4, High House Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Weavers cottage.
2 and 4, High House Lane
- WRENN ID
- steep-mantel-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- Weavers cottage
- OS grid reference
- SE 094 137
- Coordinates
- 53.6201, -1.85906
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 2 and 4 High House Lane is an early to mid 19th century weavers cottage constructed from hammer dressed stone, featuring a pitched stone slate roof. The south gable has a coped design with moulded footstones and a gable stack. The building is three storeys tall.
On the east elevation, the ground floor includes a central doorway with a stone surround, a three-light stone mullioned window, and a four-light stone mullioned window, although one mullion has been removed. The first floor has a three-light stone mullioned window and a five-light stone mullioned window. The second floor features an eleven-light stone mullioned window, with one light blocked.
The south gable has a modern stone extension on the ground floor, a single light window with a stone surround on the first floor, and a two-light stone mullioned window on the second floor. The west elevation has been rebuilt with a parapet and includes a modern single storey extension on the ground floor.
Local climate
2 and 4, High House Lane 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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