White Cross Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1965. Farmhouse.
White Cross Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- quiet-lintel-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 March 1965
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- White Cross Farmhouse, Woodhouse Lane, Denby Dale
- OS grid reference
- SE 257 128
- Coordinates
- 53.6114, -1.61281
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
White Cross Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the 17th century or early 18th century, with an addition made in 1763 and further alterations in the 18th, 19th centuries, and more recently. The building is constructed of hammer-dressed stone and features quoins, with a stone slate roof. The gable copings are chamfered on moulded kneelers.
The farmhouse is two storeys high and has a rectangular plan with a central gable at both the front and rear, along with a set-back addition from 1763 to the left. The main front has been significantly altered, featuring 19th-century and recent openings, as well as an added porch. There is a tablet that reads "WW 1758." The 1763 addition to the left consists of three bays and includes a doorway on the right with a rectangular fanlight and a panelled door. The windows are sash windows, with the upper floor windows being smaller and square. Both the windows and the door have raised surrounds, and there is another tablet that reads "WW 1763." The right gable and part of the rear have been rebuilt in brick. The rear features various altered two-light double chamfered windows, three of which have drip moulds.
The initials "W.W." refer to William Wheatley, who died in 1766.
Local climate
White Cross Farmhouse receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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