Remains of the Cloth Hall Re Erected in Ravenknowle Park is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 March 1952. A Victorian Historical monument.
Remains of the Cloth Hall Re Erected in Ravenknowle Park
- WRENN ID
- noble-pewter-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 March 1952
- Type
- Historical monument
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Remains of the Cloth Hall Re Erected in Ravenknowle Park, Wakefield Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 163 165
- Coordinates
- 53.64518, -1.75477
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The remains of the Huddersfield Cloth Hall have been re-erected in Ravensknowle Park. This structure, a pastiche from 1930, is built of red brick and features two bay arcades with concentric relieving arches. Each end has a pediment, with the south end incorporating the former entrance, which includes rusticated quoins and a semi-circular arch with a triple keystone and imposts. Above the entrance are two plaques: one states "Erected by Sir John Ramsden Bart 1766. Enlarged by His Son Sir John Ramsden Bart 1780," and the other reads "Restored and improved by his grandson Sir John William Ramsden Bart 1848." The building is flanked by two loggias made up of Tuscan columns and trabeation from the former internal colonnades. At the top is a clock tower featuring a circular lantern supported by Tuscan colonnettes, an entablature, a lead dome, a ball finial, and a weathervane. The original Cloth Hall was constructed by Sir John Ramsden in 1766 on a site now occupied by the ABC Cinema on Market Street. It underwent enlargements in 1780, 1848, and 1864 before being demolished in 1930.
Local climate
Remains of the Cloth Hall Re Erected in Ravenknowle Park 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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