Retaining Wall in Front of Number 1 is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Retaining wall.

Retaining Wall in Front of Number 1

WRENN ID
sharp-porch-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Retaining wall
Address
Retaining Wall in Front of Number 1, Halifax Road
OS grid reference
SE 129 176
Coordinates
53.65547, -1.80544
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The retaining wall in front of Number 1 on Halifax Road is a mid-19th century structure made of rock-faced stone. It features a crenellated parapet and has polygonal crenellated piers at each end, which are topped with very elaborate wrought iron torcheres.

Local climate

Retaining Wall in Front of Number 1 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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