Thorne's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1984. Farmhouse, cottage. 1 related planning application.

Thorne's Farmhouse

WRENN ID
floating-chapel-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Dewsbury and Batley MP: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 May 1984
Type
Farmhouse, cottage
Address
Thorne's Farmhouse, 4 and 5, Knotty Lane, Kirkburton, HD8 0ND
OS grid reference
SE 200 154
Coordinates
53.63529, -1.699
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Thorne’s Farmhouse, along with an adjoining cottage, dates from the early or mid-18th century, with the cottage being added in the late 18th or early 19th century. The farmhouse is constructed of deeply coursed hammer-dressed stone, while the cottage is of coursed rubble. Both have quoins, and stone slate roofs, likely replaced in the 19th century and turned, with paired, moulded stone brackets supporting the gutter. The farmhouse originally had gable stacks, and the cottage a single gable stack, all of which are now rendered.

The farmhouse is two storeys high. The central doorway is from the 19th century. To the left of the entrance is a four-light double-chamfered window, from which two mullions have been removed. To the right is a four-light window dating from the late 18th or early 19th century, with one light now blocked. The first floor has three three-light double-chamfered windows. The cottage to the right has an entrance on its left side and one three-light window on the right. Two two-light windows are present on the first floor. An outshut extends to the rear, incorporating later openings.

Local climate

Thorne's Farmhouse receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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