259, Upper Town Street is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. Manor house, office. 1 related planning application.
259, Upper Town Street
- WRENN ID
- odd-soffit-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds West and Pudsey MP: Rachel Reeves (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Manor house, office
- Address
- 259, Upper Town Street, LS13 3JT
- OS grid reference
- SE 244 352
- Coordinates
- 53.81295, -1.63058
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 259 Upper Town Street is a manor house that has been converted into offices. It was built in the late 18th century, altered in the 19th century, and restored in the 20th century. The building is constructed of coursed squared gritstone and features a stone slate roof. It has two storeys and is composed of three bays plus two additional bays. The corners are marked by quoins. The central entrance is wide and flanked by Tuscan columns, with tall windows on either side that have security roller blinds, along with square outer windows. The first floor has paired and single-light sash windows with plain surrounds, featuring 20th-century frames. The building also includes stone gutter brackets, gable copings, and end stacks from the original three-bay house and the two-bay extension on the left. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
259, Upper Town Street receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- 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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