Gatepiers to Number 1 is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. Gatepiers.

Gatepiers to Number 1

WRENN ID
knotted-lancet-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Kirklees
Constituency
Huddersfield MP: Harpreet Uppal (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Gatepiers
Address
Gatepiers to Number 1, Halifax Road
OS grid reference
SE 129 177
Coordinates
53.65583, -1.80614
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The gatepiers to Number 1, located on Halifax Road in Edgerton, date from the mid-19th century and are constructed of ashlar stone. They are very elaborate in design, featuring moulded plinths and caps that are crenellated. The gatepiers are topped with cast iron finials that are decorated with mythological beasts and are surmounted by hollow globes and crowns. Additionally, there are sunk panels that include trefoiled heads and trilobe tracery.

Local climate

Gatepiers to Number 1 sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 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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