The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1983. A C19 House.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lost-corbel-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, Ox Lane Off Moor Lane, Holme Valley
- OS grid reference
- SE 130 094
- Coordinates
- 53.58108, -1.80367
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a house that forms part of a farm row and dates from the mid-19th century. It is constructed of hammer-dressed stone and features a stone slate roof with gable copings and stone brackets. A tall gable stack is present. The building is two storeys high.
On the east elevation, there is an entrance and a three-light stone mullioned window. The first floor has an eight-light stone mullioned window, although two of the central lights are blocked. The west elevation includes a two-light window on the first floor, while the ground floor windows have been recently altered or replaced.
Local climate
The Cottage 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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