Former Huddersfield Infirmary is a Grade II* listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Hospital. 1 related planning application.

Former Huddersfield Infirmary

WRENN ID
south-parapet-winter
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Hospital
Address
Former Huddersfield Infirmary, New North Road, HD1 5NN
OS grid reference
SE 140 168
Coordinates
53.64829, -1.78893
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Former Huddersfield Infirmary, built in 1831, is an important architectural work attributed to either architect John Oates or Joseph Kaye. This two-storey building is constructed of ashlar and features a hipped slate roof. It has a moulded eaves cornice and a blocking course, along with a continuous sill band. The façade includes nine ranges of sash windows with glazing bars. The entrance boasts a giant tetrastyle Greek Doric temple frontispiece, accessed by a flight of nine steps with flanking dies. The central three window ranges have moulded frames, and the door is adorned with an Egyptian surround. A lamp is mounted on an ornamental cast iron bracket.

Inside, there is a stone cantilevered staircase with a cast iron balustrade.

Local climate

Former Huddersfield Infirmary sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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