Former National School is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 January 1984. School. 2 related planning applications.
Former National School
- WRENN ID
- tall-brick-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Spen Valley MP: Kim Leadbeater (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 January 1984
- Type
- School
- Address
- Former National School, Kirkgate, WF17 9HE
- OS grid reference
- SE 220 262
- Coordinates
- 53.73255, -1.66791
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a former National School, dating to 1818. It is now used as a workshop. Constructed from hammer-dressed stone, it has a stone slate roof with roll top parapets and large square finials on short square bases. The school is single-storied and consists of five bays. A central porch features a crenellated parapet topped with two finials. Above the arched doorway is a plaque that reads "NATIONAL SCHOOL / ERECTED BY WILLIAM CHARLESWORTH / ANNO. DOM. MDCCCXVIII”. Flanking the doorway are two small lancet windows on each side. Two very tall and slender chamfered stone mullioned windows, each with three lights, are located to each side. At the rear, five similar windows are present; the central window is partially hidden by a later extension. The building's listing recognizes its group value.
Local climate
Former National School receives an average of 930 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 — 2 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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