New Hey Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Farmhouse.
New Hey Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- narrow-jade-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- New Hey Farmhouse, Sledge Gate
- OS grid reference
- SE 048 156
- Coordinates
- 53.63702, -1.92825
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a late 17th-century farmhouse, now used as a residential activity centre. It is constructed of hammer-dressed millstone grit with millstone grit quoins. The roof is pitched stone slate with a millstone grit ridge and chamfered copings. Large plinthstones are also present, along with moulded footstones. An ashlar stack features strings, a chamfered coping, and water tabling.
The northeast elevation has a later stone-surrounded entrance. Evidence of a former original entrance remains, including a millstone grit lintel, chamfered reveals, large quoins, and a portion of a three-light stone mullioned window with double chamfered reveals. Two six-light stone mullioned windows (double chamfered) are also visible on the ground floor. The first floor has a four-light stone mullioned window (chamfered), a three-light stone mullioned window (chamfered), and a two-light stone mullioned window (chamfered).
The southeast gable has a later stone-surrounded entrance on the ground floor, and a two-light stone mullioned window (chamfered). The first floor has two openings, which may have previously been two-light windows. The northwest gable displays a single light with a chamfered stone surround and a two-light window with a chamfered stone mullion.
Internally, an original truss is present, although the collar is missing.
The farmhouse and associated barn, which date back to at least 1693 (as indicated by a datestone on the barn), were historically farmed by the Holdsworth family. The land was later taken over by the Water Authority during construction of Scammonden Dam in the 1960s. Subsequently, the farm was included in the lease of Scammonden Water Sailing Club before being acquired by the District Scout Council and converted into a residential outdoor centre.
The building is designated at Grade II for its late 17th-century date, its relatively intact nature, and the survival of original features such as roof trusses, plinthstones, and mullioned windows. It also has group value with the nearby barn.
Local climate
New Hey Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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