Old Town Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1971. A Georgian Public building. 3 related planning applications.
Old Town Hall
- WRENN ID
- ghost-groin-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell MP: Simon Lightwood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1971
- Type
- Public building
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Old Town Hall, 5, Crown Court, WF1 2SU
- OS grid reference
- SE 330 208
- Coordinates
- 53.6833, -1.50069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Town Hall, built between 1798 and 1800, is a public building located at No 5 Crown Court, which includes No 16 King Street. This two-storey structure features a basement and has seven bays with tall proportions, finished in stucco. It has a low-pitched swept roof made of Welsh slate, with stuccoed end chimneys. The first floor has round arched openings, with the center one being larger, and all have cill and impost bands. The ground floor windows are near-flat arches, and all windows are sashes with glazing bars, featuring radial heads on the first floor. Access to the building is via three stone steps leading to a four-panel door, which has a tall, oblong fanlight above it. The doorcase has been altered and features a flat surround with a cornice. The words "TOWN HALL" are inscribed on the blocking course. To the left of the door, there are wrought iron area railings with spike standards and urn finials.
Local climate
Old Town Hall 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- 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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