143-147, Wakefield Road is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Houses. 3 related planning applications.
143-147, Wakefield Road
- WRENN ID
- haunted-vault-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- 143-147, Wakefield Road, HD5 9AN
- OS grid reference
- SE 153 163
- Coordinates
- 53.64308, -1.76866
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 143 to 147 on Wakefield Road are mid-19th century buildings constructed from ashlar stone with a pitched stone slate roof. They are two storeys high, with Nos 145 and 147 featuring a decorative band. The first floor has four ranges of sash windows and three blocked windows, one of which has trompe l'oeil glazing bars. No 143 includes a ground floor window with an elliptical sash and lintel, while No 147 has a contemporary shopfront. Additionally, No 143 has an area with cast iron railings topped with spear finials, and No 145 has steps leading to its doors, which are flanked by later, more ornate railings.
Local climate
143-147, Wakefield 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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