Numbers 257 and 259 and Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Farmhouse, barn. 4 related planning applications.
Numbers 257 and 259 and Barn
- WRENN ID
- floating-marble-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse, barn
- Address
- Numbers 257 and 259 and Barn, Gillroyd Lane, HD7 5SS
- OS grid reference
- SE 100 137
- Coordinates
- 53.62028, -1.84995
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building comprises two farmhouses and a barn, dated 1772 as evidenced by a datestone. It is constructed of hammer-dressed stone, thinly coursed, with quoins. The roof is of pitched stone slate, with gable copings on moulded footstones to the west and carved footstones to the east. A central stack features a string course and water tabling, and occasional moulded stone brackets are present on the south elevation.
The south elevation of the house has two ground-floor entrances, one blocked and the other within a modern porch, both with stone surrounds and tie-stones. There are two 4-light stone mullioned windows recessed on the ground floor, one with side mullions removed, and a third 4-light stone mullioned window recessed with its central mullion removed and side lights blocked. The first floor has three 4-light recessed stone mullioned windows, each retaining one mullion. The north elevation has an entrance with stone surrounds, and various single-light windows with pronounced stone surrounds to the upper floor.
The barn's south elevation features a large central doorway with a segmental arched head and pronounced keystone, partially blocked to form a smaller doorway and single light. Rooflights are present on the south pitch. One 2-light stone mullioned window with the mullion removed is visible, along with a small single light on the first floor. The north elevation features a large doorway with a segmental arched head, pronounced keystone, and quoins, alongside a smaller entrance with stone surrounds.
Local climate
Numbers 257 and 259 and Barn 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.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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