Holt Head Sunday School is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1982. Former Sunday school. 1 related planning application.
Holt Head Sunday School
- WRENN ID
- bitter-ember-burdock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1982
- Type
- Former Sunday school
- Address
- Holt Head Sunday School, Slaithwaite Road, Meltham, HD7 5TY
- OS grid reference
- SE 080 120
- Coordinates
- 53.60475, -1.87939
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holt Head Sunday School is a former Sunday school building, now disused, that dates back to 1840. It is constructed from hammer dressed stone with ashlar dressings and features raised quoins at the front. The roof is made of stone slate and has gable copings along with stone brackets supporting the gutter.
The building has a symmetrical, three-bay pediment gabled front with a central door that has a pilastered surround and a fanlight above, which is inscribed in memory of those who fell in the 1914-18 war. Above the door, there is a cornice and a tablet that reads: HOLT HEAD GENERAL SUNDAY SCHOOL. The fanlight also has painted words stating: ERECTED 1840 BY VOLUNTARY SUBSCRIPTION.
On both floors, there are round arched sash windows with marginal glazing, featuring raised key and impost blocks. The centre window on the first floor is taller than the others. The building has two return bays that are two storeys high, with square headed windows that have marginal glazing. The side elevations are single storey with five bays, plus an additional bay set back at the far end, all featuring square headed windows as previously described. This structure is a good, unspoilt example of a rural type that may have originally included a chapel. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Holt Head Sunday School 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Radon risk assessment
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