Cop Side is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Cop Side
- WRENN ID
- upper-railing-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Cop Side, 1-2, Cop Hill Side, HD7 5XA
- OS grid reference
- SE 058 139
- Coordinates
- 53.62189, -1.91305
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 1 and 2 Cop Side are a large farmhouse, dated 1766 as indicated by a datestone. The farmhouse is constructed of hammer-dressed stone, with some parts rendered, and has a pitched stone slate roof with coped gables. Moulded footstones are present, and there are two rendered chimney stacks. The building is two storeys high, with the ground floor set back to earth.
The south elevation of the house features a central doorway with large stone surrounds and tie-stones. Above the doorway is a datestone inscribed "E B S B 1 7 6 6". Below the doorway is a recessed 7-light stone mullioned window, with a larger central light and flush King mullions to either side. To the east of this is a recessed 6-light stone mullioned window. The first floor of the south elevation has four recessed 3-light stone mullioned windows. The west gable is rendered and has a lean-to extension; the east gable features a recessed 2-light stone mullioned window on the first floor, along with a single-storey extension with a pitched stone slate roof and quoins. The north elevation has the ground floor set back to earth, and the first floor features four single-light windows. A barn is separately listed.
Local climate
Cop Side 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2001
- 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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