Town Head Farmhouse and Adjoining Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1983. Farmhouse.
Town Head Farmhouse and Adjoining Cottage
- WRENN ID
- scarred-doorway-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- OS grid reference
- SE 158 075
- Coordinates
- 53.56442, -1.76236
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Town Head Farmhouse and the adjoining cottage date from the early to mid 18th century. They are constructed from hammer-dressed stone, with very deeply coursed millstone grit on the north gable and quoins. The buildings feature a stone slate roof with gable copings on moulded kneelers. Originally, there were two good ashlar stacks with mouldings, but one has been truncated. The farmhouse is two storeys high.
On the west elevation, there are two 4-light chamfered and recessed stone mullioned windows on each floor. The ground floor window on the left has been altered to accommodate a doorway. There is a central 3-light window on the first floor. To the right is a slightly later addition, Town Head cottage, which has a recent single-storey extension. The east elevation has been altered but still includes one 4-light chamfered and recessed window.
Local climate
Town Head Farmhouse and Adjoining Cottage 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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