Dirker Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. A C18-C19 House. 2 related planning applications.
Dirker Bank
- WRENN ID
- waning-garret-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Dirker Bank, Spring Head Lane, HD7 6AU
- OS grid reference
- SE 049 121
- Coordinates
- 53.60589, -1.92716
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dirker Bank is an early 19th century house with origins dating back to the 18th century. The building is rendered and features a pitched stone slate roof. It stands two storeys tall.
On the southeast elevation, the ground floor has two doorways flanked by single light windows, along with two 4-light stone mullioned windows that are double chamfered, each with two mullions removed. The first floor has one 6-light stone mullioned window and one 4-light stone mullioned window.
The southwest elevation features a ground floor 4-light stone mullioned window, although two of its lights are blocked. The northeast elevation includes a modern single storey extension on the ground floor, while the first floor has two 2-light stone mullioned windows and one single light window with chamfered surrounds.
On the northwest elevation, there is one 4-light stone mullioned window with one light blocked, one 3-light stone mullioned window with one light blocked, and one 2-light stone mullioned window.
Local climate
Dirker Bank 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 — 17 transactions since 1997
- 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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