Works Belonging to Messers Fred W Davis Adjacent to Number 181 is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Works.

Works Belonging to Messers Fred W Davis Adjacent to Number 181

WRENN ID
knotted-wattle-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Works
OS grid reference
SE 134 160
Coordinates
53.64037, -1.79744
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building, known as the works belonging to Messrs Fred W Davies, dates from the early 19th century. It is constructed of hammer-dressed stone and features a pitched slate roof with coped gables and a moulded eaves cornice. The structure has two storeys and includes ten ranges of windows, all with glazing bars. The central window is particularly notable, as it has a pediment-shaped gable and an oculus set within a moulded surround. There are also two carriage entrances with depressed arched heads, although the northern entrance has been blocked.

Local climate

Works Belonging to Messers Fred W Davis Adjacent to Number 181 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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