Entrance Block to Kirkgate Station is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1979. Station entrance block. 16 related planning applications.
Entrance Block to Kirkgate Station
- WRENN ID
- graven-eave-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell MP: Simon Lightwood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1979
- Type
- Station entrance block
- Address
- Entrance Block to Kirkgate Station, Monk Street, WF1 4EL
- OS grid reference
- SE 338 203
- Coordinates
- 53.67872, -1.48927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The entrance block to Kirkgate Station, built in 1854, features a long, near-symmetrical design in classical style and is constructed of ashlar. The centerpiece includes a raised, pedimented hall with a clock on the ground floor, flanked by tall, one-storey wings that have four bays and entablatures. The outer bays are highlighted by modillions at the cornice and tall parapets. There are lower three-window sections connecting to two-storey end pavilions, each with three windows and small outer sections beyond. The windows are treated in a classical style, with segmental pediments on the centerpiece and the outer bays of the central section. A central entrance is accessed by four stone steps, and there is an off-centre later canopy supported by cast iron brackets.
Local climate
Entrance Block to Kirkgate Station receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 — 16 applications
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- 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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