Lydgate Oliver Heywood Memorial Sunday School is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1982. A C20 Sunday School. 1 related planning application.
Lydgate Oliver Heywood Memorial Sunday School
- WRENN ID
- wild-oriel-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1982
- Type
- Sunday School
- Address
- Lydgate Oliver Heywood Memorial Sunday School, Holmfirth Road, Holme Valley, HD9 7LF
- OS grid reference
- SE 158 091
- Coordinates
- 53.57856, -1.76162
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lydgate Oliver Heywood Memorial Sunday School, originally listed as the Lydgate Oliver Wood Memorial Sunday School, was built in 1910 by Edgar Wood and James Henry Sellers. Constructed from hammer-dressed stone with ashlar dressings and a flat roof concealed by a parapet, it features a modest but sophisticated Arts and Crafts bow front which leads to a simple hall of six bays with round-arched windows. The single-storey ashlar bow front is characterised by closely-set windows. A central recessed porch contains the main entrance, featuring an architrave surround and a tent-gabled parapet above. The recessed upper level of the main hall has a central ashlar section with mullioned and transomed windows. Inscribed above the window in large letters is "LYDGATE SUNDAY SCHOOL OLIVER HEYWOOD MEMORIAL," accompanied by a decorative parapet. The high standard of ashlar work and detailing are considered to be noteworthy.
Local climate
Lydgate Oliver Heywood Memorial Sunday School sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2015
- 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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