Railings to Huddersfield Technical College Department of Humanities (Highfield Annexe) is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Railings.

Railings to Huddersfield Technical College Department of Humanities (Highfield Annexe)

WRENN ID
tangled-storey-quill
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Railings
Address
Railings to Huddersfield Technical College Department of Humanities (Highfield Annexe), New North Road
OS grid reference
SE 138 171
Coordinates
53.65107, -1.79118
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The railings to Huddersfield Technical College's Department of Humanities (Highfield Annexe) were likely built between 1838 and 1839. They are made of cast iron and feature cruciform finials. The design includes plain chamfered piers that extend from the front central wing to the north and return to the east.

Local climate

Railings to Huddersfield Technical College Department of Humanities (Highfield Annexe) sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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