2, Blakestones is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
2, Blakestones
- WRENN ID
- swift-solder-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2, Blakestones, HD7 5UE
- OS grid reference
- SE 074 139
- Coordinates
- 53.62171, -1.88905
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 2 Blakestones is a building from the early to mid 19th century, constructed of hammer-dressed stone. It features large quoins at the east end and has a pitched stone slate roof. The south elevation has three storeys. On the ground floor, there is an entrance with stone surrounds and a large 7-light stone mullioned window. The first floor contains two 3-light stone mullioned windows, and the second floor also has two 3-light stone mullioned windows. Stone brackets support the gutter, except over the windows.
Local climate
2, Blakestones 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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