66,68,70, Thirstin Road is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1983. Residential.
66,68,70, Thirstin Road
- WRENN ID
- tangled-facade-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1983
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- 66,68,70, Thirstin Road, Holme Valley
- OS grid reference
- SE 134 121
- Coordinates
- 53.60613, -1.79772
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 66, 68, and 70 on Thirstin Road are three dwellings forming a block, with No 70 located to the north and Nos 66 and 68 to the south. No 70 dates from the late 18th century to early 19th century, while Nos 66 and 68 were built in the early to mid-19th century. No 70 was likely reroofed in the mid-19th century. The buildings are constructed of hammer-dressed stone and feature quoins on Nos 66 and 68. They have a stone slate roof. No 70 is two storeys high, while Nos 66 and 68 are three storeys.
The north elevation of No 70, which was formerly two terraced dwellings, has a single bay with two 5-light stone mullioned windows and a ground floor entrance, one of which has a timber canopy. On the south elevation of Nos 66 and 68, the ground floor includes a modern extension to the right and an enlarged window to the left. The first floor has one 6-light stone mullioned window, with two lights blocked, and one 3-light stone mullioned window. The second floor features one 6-light, one 2-light, and one 3-light stone mullioned window, with raised sills on the upper floor windows.
Local climate
66,68,70, Thirstin Road 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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