17, Gate Head is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. A Early C19 Cottage.

17, Gate Head

WRENN ID
lone-copper-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 July 1985
Type
Cottage
OS grid reference
SE 055 119
Coordinates
53.60425, -1.91807
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 17 Gate Head is an early 19th-century cottage that is part of a row of similar buildings. It is constructed from hammer-dressed stone and features a pitched stone slate roof. The rendered chimney has tabling. The cottage is two storeys high, with the south elevation displaying a three-light stone mullioned window on both floors. The entrance on the ground floor has a stone surround. This building is included for its group value with the surrounding structures.

Local climate

17, Gate Head 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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