Gates and Gatepiers to Drive of Royds Hall School is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Gates, gatepiers.
Gates and Gatepiers to Drive of Royds Hall School
- WRENN ID
- kindled-pier-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Gates, gatepiers
- Address
- Gates and Gatepiers to Drive of Royds Hall School, Luck Lane
- OS grid reference
- SE 124 165
- Coordinates
- 53.64533, -1.81342
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The gates and gatepiers to the drive of Royds Hall School date from the mid-19th century. They are constructed from ashlar stone and feature rusticated piers with foliage carvings in roundels and beneath the cornice. The gatepiers have buttresses on the sides and are topped with elaborate cast iron torcherie supported by grotesque legs. Flanking the entrance are double quadrant walls that include fielded panels.
Local climate
Gates and Gatepiers to Drive of Royds Hall School 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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