Former Offices of Huddersfield Corporation Waterworks Department is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1978. Former offices.

Former Offices of Huddersfield Corporation Waterworks Department

WRENN ID
sunken-corbel-moth
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 May 1978
Type
Former offices
Address
Former Offices of Huddersfield Corporation Waterworks Department, 1 3 and 5, Water Street, HD1 4BB
OS grid reference
SE 139 165
Coordinates
53.64567, -1.79048
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former offices of Huddersfield Corporation Waterworks Department, built in 1828, are located on Water Street. The building is constructed of ashlar with a hipped slate roof and stands two storeys tall. It features a moulded eaves cornice and a blocking course. The façade includes five ranges of sash windows, with the central ones projecting forward and topped by a pediment that contains an oval plaque inscribed in Gothic lettering, stating "Water Works. Established by Subscription. MDCCCXXVIII." There are three doors, two of which have six moulded panels. An extension to the north is made of hammer-dressed stone and also has a hipped stone slate roof. This extension is two storeys high, with stone brackets supporting the gutter, six ranges of windows (one of which is blocked), and an oculus with four keystones at the north end.

Local climate

Former Offices of Huddersfield Corporation Waterworks Department 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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