Sister's Houses is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1980. Terrace of houses. 3 related planning applications.
Sister's Houses
- WRENN ID
- far-rafter-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Spen Valley MP: Kim Leadbeater (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1980
- Type
- Terrace of houses
- Address
- Sister's Houses, 50-54, Lower Lane
- OS grid reference
- SE 206 251
- Coordinates
- 53.72268, -1.68843
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A terrace of three houses, originally built as a girls’ boarding school in 1798, with alterations in the mid-19th century. The buildings were constructed for the Moravian Church and are of red brick with stone quoins, and have stone slate roofs; No. 52 has taller copings. Nos. 50 and 54 each have two storeys and four bays, featuring sash windows with keystones. The doorways are distinguished by fanlights, architraves, and small cornices. No. 52 is slightly set back, with two storeys and three bays of sash windows with plaster lintels, and a doorway matching the style of its neighbours. In 1811, the houses were converted into private residences. Notably, Miss Wooler, Charlotte Brontë’s governess, resided in the central house.
Local climate
Sister's Houses receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 — 3 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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