Lower Top of Hill and Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Terrace, barn. 2 related planning applications.
Lower Top of Hill and Barn
- WRENN ID
- woven-hammer-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- Terrace, barn
- Address
- Lower Top of Hill and Barn, 2-5, Ryefield Lane, HX4 0EB
- OS grid reference
- SE 048 165
- Coordinates
- 53.64579, -1.92823
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Top of Hill and Barn is a mid-18th century terrace with early to mid-19th century alterations, located in Scammonden. The building is constructed from coursed rubble and hammer-dressed stone, featuring quoins and a pitched stone slate roof. It has three stacks and a coped south gable, standing two storeys high.
The east elevation includes three ground floor entrances with stone surrounds, a 6-light stone mullioned window, a 5-light stone mullioned window (with one light blocked), a single light window with stone surrounds, a double-chamfered 4-light stone mullioned window (with two mullions removed), and a double-chamfered 3-light stone mullioned window. The barn section has two small entrances with stone surrounds and a large central doorway with a segmental arch, large keystone, stone surrounds, and tie-stones. There is also one recent or altered window opening.
On the north gable, there is one small recent window at ground floor level and one small window in the apex. The first floor of the east elevation features two 5-light stone mullioned windows (one with two lights blocked), two 3-light stone mullioned windows, and two 2-light stone mullioned windows. The west elevation has various single and 2-light windows at the first floor, along with an extension that has a catslide roof.
Local climate
Lower Top of Hill and Barn 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
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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