5-13, WENTWORTH STREET (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 March 1971. House. 1 related planning application.

5-13, WENTWORTH STREET (See details for further address information)

WRENN ID
sunken-cornice-yew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Wakefield and Rothwell MP: Simon Lightwood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 March 1971
Type
House
Address
5-13, WENTWORTH STREET (See details for further address information), WF1 2SJ
OS grid reference
SE 328 213
Coordinates
53.68782, -1.50471
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 5 to 13 Wentworth Street, which includes No 1 St John's Square, consists of three pairs of houses built in the third quarter of the 19th century. Each house is three stories tall, featuring one window on the front but with a three-bay return. The buildings are constructed of bright red brick and have stone friezes, cornices, and window dressings. The roofs are hipped and covered with Welsh slate, having a fairly low pitch. The houses also have sash windows, with heavy canted bays on the ground floor and Ionic doorcases on the returns.

Local climate

5-13, WENTWORTH STREET (See details for further address information) 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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