Far Owlers is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. House, barn.
Far Owlers
- WRENN ID
- upper-gargoyle-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- House, barn
- Address
- Far Owlers, Manchester Road
- OS grid reference
- SE 027 112
- Coordinates
- 53.59802, -1.96004
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Far Owlers is an early to mid 18th century house and barn, with later and recent alterations. The building is constructed of hammer-dressed stone, with some parts rendered, and features quoins. The house has a pitched slate roof, while the barn has a pitched stone slate roof. It is two storeys tall.
On the south elevation of the house, there are mid to late 19th century window openings. The north elevation includes a single-storey extension with a pitched stone slate roof, rubble walls, a doorway, and a single light window. There is also a 4-light stone mullioned window that is double chamfered, although two of its mullions have been removed. On the first floor, there is a 3-light stone mullioned window that is chamfered, with its mullions also removed.
The east gable features a ground floor 2-light stone mullioned window that is double chamfered, and on the first floor, there are two 2-light stone mullioned windows that are chamfered, along with one single light window that is chamfered.
In the barn, the south elevation has a doorway with quoins, and another doorway that is partially blocked. There is a lean-to extension with a catslide roof. The north elevation has a central doorway with quoins, another blocked doorway, and two later single light windows.
Local climate
Far Owlers sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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