Main Range of Farm Buildings at White Cross Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 March 1965. Farm building. 1 related planning application.

Main Range of Farm Buildings at White Cross Farm

WRENN ID
idle-stronghold-solstice
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 March 1965
Type
Farm building
Address
Main Range of Farm Buildings at White Cross Farm, Woodhouse Lane, Denby Dale, HD8 9QU
OS grid reference
SE 257 127
Coordinates
53.61105, -1.61283
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The main range of farm buildings at White Cross Farm dates from the 17th century, with cladding and the rest of the buildings likely added in 1757. The structure is built of coursed rubble with quoins and features a stone slate roof. The main barn has a square-headed cart entry with a datestone reading 'WW 1757'. To the left is an outshut, while there are later doorways to the right. A part of a further range of buildings, now demolished, is set back at a right angle to the right. An addition with pig sties at the rear and a stone outside stair on the left gable wall is lower and set back to the left. At the rear, there is another square-headed cart entry opposite the one at the front.

Inside the main barn, there are four bays supported by four trusses on posts, with one post set in the wall. The jowelled posts rest on stone footings and are positioned well within the stone walls, allowing for an aisle on each side. There are sockets in the posts that may have been used for aisle ties. The posts are braced to arcade plates and tie-beams, while the upper parts of the trusses appear to be from the 19th century.

Local climate

Main Range of Farm Buildings at White Cross Farm 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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