Forecourt Walls, Gatepiers and Gates to Grove Congregational Church is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1982. Gatepiers and gates. 2 related planning applications.
Forecourt Walls, Gatepiers and Gates to Grove Congregational Church
- WRENN ID
- night-trefoil-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Spen Valley MP: Kim Leadbeater (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1982
- Type
- Gatepiers and gates
- Address
- Forecourt Walls, Gatepiers and Gates to Grove Congregational Church, Oxford Road, BD19 4JY
- OS grid reference
- SE 207 263
- Coordinates
- 53.73334, -1.6864
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The forecourt walls, gatepiers, and gates to Grove Congregational Church, located on Oxford Road in Gomersal, date from around 1825 to 1826. The structure features dwarf stone walls with central ashlar gate piers that have decorative panels and a cornice cap. The gates are made of cast iron, designed with dog rails and ornamental cresting.
Local climate
Forecourt Walls, Gatepiers and Gates to Grove Congregational Church receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 2008
- 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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