House Immediately to South of Thornhill Lees Church of England School (Former School and Schoolmasters House) is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1985. School and school master's house.
House Immediately to South of Thornhill Lees Church of England School (Former School and Schoolmasters House)
- WRENN ID
- keen-rood-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Dewsbury and Batley MP: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1985
- Type
- School and school master's house
- Address
- House Immediately to South of Thornhill Lees Church of England School (Former School and Schoolmasters House), Lees House Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 241 201
- Coordinates
- 53.67768, -1.63587
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, located immediately to the south of Thornhill Lees Church of England School, was constructed around 1858 and originally served as a school and schoolmaster's house. It is made of pitch-faced stone with ashlar dressings and features slate roofs with copings on large cut kneelers, along with two prominent ornamental chimneys. The structure is primarily single storey, except for the two-storey house section.
The design is nearly symmetrical, with cross-wings on both the left and right, the left one projecting slightly. Each cross-wing has a three-light window topped with a hood that extends over a stilted arched tympanum, which is decorated with incised designs. The gable apexes feature the Savile coat of arms along with the motto "BE FAST," and each apex is adorned with a wrought iron decorative finial.
The central part of the building includes a projecting open porch on the right, accessed by five steps, supported by engaged colonnettes with foliage capitals that hold up a moulded, cusped arch. To the left of the porch is a six-light window with a king mullion, styled similarly to the windows in the cross-wings. The right side of the building is treated in the same manner, and at the rear, the two-storey house continues the architectural style.
Local climate
House Immediately to South of Thornhill Lees Church of England School (Former School and Schoolmasters House) receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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