The Vicarage is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. Residence, vicarage.
The Vicarage
- WRENN ID
- riven-crypt-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1984
- Type
- Residence, vicarage
- Address
- The Vicarage, Wilshaw Road, Meltham
- OS grid reference
- SE 116 097
- Coordinates
- 53.58459, -1.82509
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Vicarage is a large detached residence, originally built in 1831 for Joseph Hirst, and later became the vicarage. It is constructed from hammer-dressed stone and features a hipped stone slate roof with ashlar stacks and stone brackets supporting the gutter. The building has two storeys and a three-bay symmetrical facade, which includes a continuous sill band on the first floor. The central doorway has a plain surround and a fanlight above it. The windows are sash style with stone surrounds, and there is a canted bay on the right elevation. There are later additions to the left and rear of the building.
Local climate
The Vicarage 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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