Church of St Aidan is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 August 1985. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Church of St Aidan
- WRENN ID
- iron-granite-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Ossett and Denby Dale MP: Jade Botterill (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 August 1985
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Church of St Aidan, Radcliffe Street, Denby Dale, HD8 9AQ
- OS grid reference
- SE 229 104
- Coordinates
- 53.59005, -1.65498
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Aidan is a church dating from 1894 to 1895, designed in the Late Gothic style by G. F. Bodley and T. Garner. It is constructed of hammer-dressed stone with ashlar dressings, with a brick south wall, and has a pitched slate roof with a small gabled bell-cote. The church consists of a 5-bay nave, a 4-bay north aisle of similar proportions with a pitched roof, a 3-bay chancel, and a vestry on the south side. A gabled north porch is located on the western bay of the nave. The chancel features one 3-light and two 2-light traceried windows. The aisle has paired lancets with trefoil heads, while the west side of the nave has two 3-light traceried windows. The east side has a 3-light traceried window, and a wheel window is present on the south side of the chancel and on the porch.
Inside, a 4-bay arcade separates the nave from the aisle, with columns on octagonal piers. A similar 5-bay arcade runs along the south wall of the nave. A carved oak commemorative reredos, dating from around 1917, is located at the east end of the aisle. The commemorative stained glass east window dates back to 1891. A square font, described as late Anglo-Saxon or early Norman, stands on a 19th or 20th-century pedestal; it is said to have originated from High Hoyland. The font has three interlaced arches on two sides, two panels on a third side, and four panels with scrolls and foliage on a fourth, two of which have figure heads at the top. It is lead lined. The north aisle and chancel feature a vaulted wooden ceiling, while the nave has an arched braced collar roof. The seating area has a wooden block floor and includes simple chairs used as pews.
Local climate
Church of St Aidan receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 9 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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