Intake Head Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Intake Head Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-spindle-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Intake Head Farmhouse, Manchester Road, HD7 6DT
- OS grid reference
- SE 039 116
- Coordinates
- 53.60163, -1.94187
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Intake Head Farmhouse is an early to mid 18th century building constructed from hammer-dressed stone, featuring quoins and a pitched stone slate roof with moulded footstones. The farmhouse has two storeys and two chimney stacks.
On the east elevation, the ground floor includes a 6-light stone mullioned window that is double chamfered with a central King mullion, a 4-light stone mullioned window that is also double chamfered, and a 4-light stone mullioned window where two lights are blocked. The first floor has a 6-light stone mullioned window (double chamfered with a central King mullion), two 2-light stone mullioned windows, and one altered 4-light stone mullioned window where two mullions have been removed.
The west elevation features a doorway with stone surrounds and a single light window with stone surrounds on the ground floor, while the first floor has two single light windows with stone surrounds. The south gable includes a small lean-to extension with an entrance.
Local climate
Intake Head Farmhouse 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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