6, Birkby Fold is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Almshouse.
6, Birkby Fold
- WRENN ID
- waning-jamb-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Almshouse
- OS grid reference
- SE 133 179
- Coordinates
- 53.65817, -1.79926
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
6 Birkby Fold is a building from the 18th century or early 19th century, constructed from hammer-dressed stone with pitched stone slate roofs. It has two storeys and features a range of three-light stone mullioned sash windows with glazing bars. The entrance includes a door with a six-sash porch. There is an inscription in late 19th century or early 20th century lettering that reads "Holroyds Almshouses 1830." The cottages appear to be slightly older than 1830, suggesting that this date may refer to when they were acquired for use as almshouses.
Local climate
6, Birkby Fold sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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