6 and 8, Silver Street is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1971. Commercial. 4 related planning applications.
6 and 8, Silver Street
- WRENN ID
- tired-rotunda-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Wakefield and Rothwell MP: Simon Lightwood (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1971
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- 6 and 8, Silver Street, WF1 1UY
- OS grid reference
- SE 331 208
- Coordinates
- 53.68284, -1.49968
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 6 and 8 Silver Street is an early 17th century timber-framed building that stands three stories tall and features four bays. The building has a raised two-bay center with an oversailing gable and a high-pitched swept roof covered in clay tiles. The front of the building is now rendered. It includes 18th century and early 19th century windows, with some being Yorkshire sliding sashes and others double hung sashes with glazing bars. On the ground floor, there are early 19th century shops that have part-reeded pilasters and an entablature with a swell frieze. To the right, there is a yard entrance with a wrought iron gate and a shaped gable above it.
Local climate
6 and 8, Silver Street 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 — 4 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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