Mechanics Institute is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 December 1977. Institute. 1 related planning application.
Mechanics Institute
- WRENN ID
- buried-trefoil-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 December 1977
- Type
- Institute
- Address
- Mechanics Institute, Meltham Road, HD1 3TL
- OS grid reference
- SE 135 151
- Coordinates
- 53.63241, -1.79702
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Mechanics Institute is a mid-19th century building located on Meltham Road. The ground floor is constructed of ashlar stone, while the first floor features hammer-dressed stone with ashlar dressings. The sides are also made of hammer-dressed stone, and the building has a hipped stone slate roof. It stands two storeys tall and is characterized by a deep moulded eaves cornice supported by brackets. A frieze displays the words "Mechanics' Institute" in large sans-serif lettering. There is a continuous sill band at the first floor level and a moulded cornice above the ground floor, which is horizontally rusticated. The building has three ranges of windows; the first-floor windows are round-arched with moulded voussoirs and keystones. The entrance features double doors with moulded panels and a fanlight, framed by a surround that includes four Doric three-quarter columns, a full entablature, and a blocking course.
Local climate
Mechanics Institute 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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