Overflow at Butterley Reservoir is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Overflow. 3 related planning applications.
Overflow at Butterley Reservoir
- WRENN ID
- woven-keystone-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- Overflow
- Address
- Overflow at Butterley Reservoir, HD7 6HH
- OS grid reference
- SE 047 106
- Coordinates
- 53.59276, -1.92898
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The overflow at Butterley Reservoir, located in Marsden, was built between 1891 and 1906 by T. & C. Hawksley and Co. It is constructed from rock-faced coursed stone with ashlar dressings. The overflow features stone weirs and stepped stone cascades. The sidewalls are made of rock-faced stone, supported by squared ashlar piers topped with moulded pyramidal copings. The copings on the walls are also stepped.
Local climate
Overflow at Butterley Reservoir 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 — 3 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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