Bowser is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Houses and barn. 1 related planning application.
Bowser
- WRENN ID
- keen-gravel-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- Houses and barn
- Address
- Bowser, Old Mount Road, HD7 6NN
- OS grid reference
- SE 041 106
- Coordinates
- 53.59208, -1.93862
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bowser is a late 18th century to early 19th century building that comprises two houses and a barn. It is constructed from hammer-dressed stone and features quoins, large plinth stones, and lower courses. A thin continuous string course runs above the ground floor windows, and the building is topped with a pitched stone slate roof and has two stacks.
The south elevation includes a cottage on the east side with a ground floor entrance that has stone surrounds, along with a three-light stone mullioned window. On the first floor, there is a former eight-light stone mullioned window, although the lights at each end are now blocked. The north elevation features a lean-to extension of similar age, which has a catslide roof. The cottage on the west side also has a ground floor entrance with stone surrounds and a three-light stone mullioned window, with a former seven-light stone mullioned window above, where one light is blocked at each end.
The barn has a small entrance with stone surrounds, ties, and an arched lintel, and its west gable includes a small vent in the gable apex.
Local climate
Bowser 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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