Croft House is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1986. House. 3 related planning applications.
Croft House
- WRENN ID
- fading-joist-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds South West and Morley MP: Mark Sewards (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Croft House, 4 and 6, Church Street, Morley, LS27 8LY
- OS grid reference
- SE 265 283
- Coordinates
- 53.75054, -1.59893
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Croft House, now divided into two dwellings, dates from the early 19th century with later 19th-century additions. It is significant as the birthplace of Lord Oxford and Asquith, who served as Prime Minister of England from 1908 to 1916. The house is constructed of hammer-dressed stone with a stone slate roof. It has two storeys and follows a symmetrical three-bay facade. A semicircular-arched doorway, featuring an impost and fanlight, is flanked by Doric pilasters with an entablature and cornice. Above and to either side are windows with wedge lintels, all with altered glazing; the ground-floor windows have lowered sills and later French windows. The gables are coped and contain ridge stacks. A two-gabled addition has been made to the rear, also with coping and ridge stacks. The left-hand return features a two-storey bay window constructed in ashlar with three lights. The building is listed due to its association with the first Liberal Prime Minister of England.
Local climate
Croft House 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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