The Sun is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. House.
The Sun
- WRENN ID
- sacred-storey-crag
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Sun, 1, Pole Gate Branch
- OS grid reference
- SE 066 156
- Coordinates
- 53.63773, -1.9009
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Sun is a detached house built between the late 18th century and mid 19th century. It is constructed from hammer dressed stone and features quoins and a pitched stone slate roof. The building has two storeys.
On the southeast elevation, the ground floor includes a two-light stone mullioned window with a pronounced sill that has been enlarged downwards, and a former eight-light stone mullioned window that has also been altered, enlarged downwards, and partially blocked. The first floor features a three-light stone mullioned window, a four-light stone mullioned window, and another two-light stone mullioned window.
The northwest elevation includes a later lean-to extension with a catslide roof, and there is a porch located on the northeast side.
Local climate
The Sun 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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