Former Gatehouse to Lees Hall, to South of Main Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1985. Outbuilding.

Former Gatehouse to Lees Hall, to South of Main Hall

WRENN ID
last-ember-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Dewsbury and Batley MP: Iqbal Mohamed (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 July 1985
Type
Outbuilding
Address
Former Gatehouse to Lees Hall, to South of Main Hall, Lees Hall Road
OS grid reference
SE 233 199
Coordinates
53.67586, -1.64844
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former gatehouse to Lees Hall, located to the south of the main hall, is a small rectangular derelict outbuilding believed to date from the 17th century. This single-cell structure is timber-framed, featuring stone on the south side and close vertical studding with brick infill. The roof is missing, and it contains two king post trusses with struts that are braced to jowelled posts. Arcade plates and bressumers are present, but the purlins are gone.

Local climate

Former Gatehouse to Lees Hall, to South of Main Hall receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 65% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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