Orchard Hey and Adjoining Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. House, barn. 2 related planning applications.
Orchard Hey and Adjoining Barn
- WRENN ID
- former-foundation-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- House, barn
- Address
- Orchard Hey and Adjoining Barn, HD7 6NJ
- OS grid reference
- SE 039 122
- Coordinates
- 53.60665, -1.94221
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Orchard Hey and the adjoining barn date from the early to mid 18th century. The house is rendered, while the barn is constructed from coursed rubble and features a pitched stone slate roof with stone brackets and two stone stacks. The building stands two storeys high.
On the south elevation of the house, the ground floor includes one five-light stone mullioned window, one three-light stone mullioned window, and one two-light stone mullioned window, all with double chamfers. The first floor has one five-light stone mullioned window with chamfers and one three-light stone mullioned window.
The barn features a large doorway, which is partially blocked, with a deep lintel and quoins, along with one small later window and a lean-to extension. On the east gable, the ground floor has one doorway and one single light window, while the first floor has one three-light stone mullioned window with chamfers. The north elevation includes a modern lean-to extension, a large doorway with a large stone lintel, two later windows, and a small doorway. The west gable has two single light windows.
Local climate
Orchard Hey and Adjoining Barn 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 — 1 transaction since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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