56 AND 59, TOWN GATE (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1983. Weavers houses.
56 AND 59, TOWN GATE (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-rood-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1983
- Type
- Weavers houses
- Address
- 56 AND 59, TOWN GATE (See details for further address information), Hepworth, Holme Valley
- OS grid reference
- SE 163 066
- Coordinates
- 53.55656, -1.75482
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 56 and 59 Town Gate are weaver's houses built in the late 18th to early 19th century. They are constructed from hammer-dressed stone and feature quoins. The stone slate roof has some parts turned and is adorned with gable copings on carved kneelers, along with three ashlar stacks.
On the north elevation, there are two central doorways. To the left, there is a 4-light stone mullioned window, although two of its mullions have been removed, and to the right, there is a 3-light window. The first floor has a 2-light window and a 3-light window to the left, and a 2-light window and a 4-light window to the right, with two lights blocked.
The south elevation, which includes Nos. 55 and 59, features one 4-light stone mullioned window for each dwelling, with two mullions removed from No. 55. Each dwelling on the first floor has one 3-light window and one 2-light window. There is a recent extension to the left that is of no architectural interest.
Local climate
56 AND 59, TOWN GATE (See details for further address information) 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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