Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1978. Town hall. 12 related planning applications.
Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- tall-portal-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1978
- Type
- Town hall
- Address
- Town Hall, Penistone Road, Kirkburton, HD8 0PE
- OS grid reference
- SE 190 131
- Coordinates
- 53.61437, -1.71304
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a large, detached former house, dating from the early 19th century. Originally known as Springfield House, it was later converted into a town hall. The building is constructed of ashlar stone, with a projecting plinth. It has a hipped slate roof and a later addition of a small, raised glass lantern. Ashlar chimney stacks are also present. The building is two storeys high and features a continuous sill band to the first floor, as well as a moulded eaves cornice and a blocking course. The front of the building has three bays, while the sides have four. It has sash windows with glazing bars, and the ground floor windows are full-height. A central door leads to the main front, approached by three steps leading to a portico with fluted columns topped with 'Tower of the Winds' capitals, and backed by pilasters. A full dentil-detailed entablature sits above the portico. A staircase window is located on the right side of the building.
The interior features an elliptical arched central lobby, with moulded plaster cornices and panels to the ceiling. Panelled doors have moulded plaster pediments above them, decorated with foliage and fruit, and are all of a matching design. The windows are shuttered. A curving stone staircase has a wrought iron baluster and a mahogany rail; the soffit of each step is shaped. The decoration of the rooms has been altered over time.
Local climate
Town Hall receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 12 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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