Gill Birks is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.

Gill Birks

WRENN ID
salt-slate-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 January 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Gill Birks, 5, Wilshaw Road, Meltham, HD9 4DZ
OS grid reference
SE 115 099
Coordinates
53.58583, -1.82678
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Gill Birks is a farmhouse dating from the early 19th century, with some recent alterations. It is constructed from hammer-dressed stone and features a stone slate roof. The building has two storeys and a near central doorway that may have been altered. To the left of the doorway is a former 7-light window, which has one blocked light, resulting in one 2-light and one 4-light window. To the right, there is a 5-light window. On the first floor, there are five 3-light windows. The rear elevation has been altered. An adjacent barn to the left has also been altered and is not included in the listing.

Local climate

Gill Birks 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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