Royd Top is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1983. A C19 House. 1 related planning application.
Royd Top
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-parapet-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Royd Top, 33, Broad Lane, Holme Valley, HD9 3JS
- OS grid reference
- SE 130 081
- Coordinates
- 53.56938, -1.80418
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Royd Top is an early to mid-19th century house, part of a group, constructed with hammer-dressed stone and covered by a stone slate roof with a coped gable. It features two ashlar chimney stacks. The house is two storeys high and originally comprised three bays. The central bay contains a doorway with a single light window above. Two three-light stone mullioned windows are located on each floor. The rear elevation includes a modern porch and a partially blocked doorway. The first floor has two two-light stone mullioned windows and one single-light window. A later addition to the west is not included in the listing.
Local climate
Royd Top 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1995
- 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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