Chain, 2 Meltham Road is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. House.

Chain, 2 Meltham Road

WRENN ID
cold-doorway-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 July 1985
Type
House
OS grid reference
SE 062 121
Coordinates
53.60618, -1.90729
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 2 Chain is a late 18th century building that is part of a terrace. It is constructed from hammer-dressed stone and features a pitched tiled roof. The north side has stone brackets supporting the gutter. The building has two storeys and a basement.

On the south elevation, the ground floor includes an entrance with stone surrounds and a recessed 4-light stone mullioned window. The first floor has a recessed 3-light stone mullioned window and a recessed 2-light stone mullioned window. The north elevation features a 2-light stone mullioned window along with various single lights, some of which are of later date.

Local climate

Chain, 2 Meltham Road 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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