Numbers 1 and 3 and the Premises of the Benson Tool Hire Company is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Commercial.
Numbers 1 and 3 and the Premises of the Benson Tool Hire Company
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-tin-violet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- Numbers 1 and 3 and the Premises of the Benson Tool Hire Company, Saint Andrews Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 150 165
- Coordinates
- 53.64515, -1.77365
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 1 and 3 and the premises of the Benson Tool Hire Company are buildings dating from the 18th century or early 19th century. They are constructed of hammer dressed stone and feature a pitched stone slate roof. The buildings stand three storeys tall at the front, while the rear is two storeys with a catslide roof. A modillion eaves cornice adorns the top.
The front facade includes two ranges of tripartite stone mullioned sash windows, with the central lintel being higher than the others. There are also various stone mullioned casements on the sides. The rear features one range of tripartite stone mullioned casements and a door with two sunk panels. A continuous vertical staircase window is located on the west side. The rear wing has four ranges of industrial windows on the west side and one range of part-blocked loading doors on the north side.
Local climate
Numbers 1 and 3 and the Premises of the Benson Tool Hire Company 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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