50 and 52, Upper Wellhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. Weavers houses.
50 and 52, Upper Wellhouse
- WRENN ID
- broken-pilaster-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- Weavers houses
- OS grid reference
- SE 094 151
- Coordinates
- 53.63315, -1.85848
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 50 and 52 Upper Wellhouse are early to mid 19th century weavers' houses constructed from hammer-dressed stone with a pitched stone slate roof. The buildings are three storeys high with a basement and feature a coped gable to the southwest on moulded footstones.
On the southeast elevation, the basement includes an entrance with stone surrounds, and there are three 2-light stone mullioned windows, although one mullion has been removed. The ground floor has an entrance with a stone surround and tie-stones, two 5-light stone mullioned windows, one 2-light stone mullioned window, and one single light window. The first floor features one 3-light stone mullioned window, one 8-light stone mullioned window, one 2-light stone mullioned window, and one 7-light stone mullioned window. The second floor has one 17-light stone mullioned window, one 2-light stone mullioned window, and one 6-light stone mullioned window.
The northwest elevation has a ground floor that is back to earth. The first floor contains three entrances with stone surrounds and tie-stones, with one entrance blocked and one later entrance added. The second floor has one 2-light stone mullioned window.
On the southwest elevation, the ground floor has an entrance with stone surrounds and tie-stones, along with one blocked 2-light stone mullioned window. The first floor has one 2-light stone mullioned window with a removed mullion and another 2-light stone mullioned window that has been blocked. The second floor features one blocked 3-light stone mullioned window.
Local climate
50 and 52, Upper Wellhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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