78, 79, 80 and 81, Far Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1983. Terrace.
78, 79, 80 and 81, Far Lane
- WRENN ID
- plain-spindle-thistle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1983
- Type
- Terrace
- Address
- 78, 79, 80 and 81, Far Lane, Hepworth, Holme Valley, HD9 1TL
- OS grid reference
- SE 163 065
- Coordinates
- 53.55569, -1.75391
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 78, 79, 80 and 81 on Far Lane are a terrace of houses built in the early 19th century. They are constructed from hammer-dressed stone and feature a stone slate roof. Each house has four ashlar stacks with strings and rounded caps. The buildings are two storeys tall, with an entrance and a four-light stone mullioned window, which has been altered, for each dwelling. At the first floor level, there are two three-light stone mullioned windows for each dwelling, although the mullions have been removed from No 79. Additionally, there is a porch at No 78.
Local climate
78, 79, 80 and 81, Far Lane sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 990 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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