Kings Croft is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 November 1968. Farmhouse, hotel. 10 related planning applications.
Kings Croft
- WRENN ID
- small-gutter-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Wakefield
- Constituency
- Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley MP: Yvette Cooper (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 November 1968
- Type
- Farmhouse, hotel
- Address
- Kings Croft, Wakefield Road, WF8 4HA
- OS grid reference
- SE 443 210
- Coordinates
- 53.68427, -1.32978
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kings Croft is a farmhouse that has been converted into a hotel, likely built in the early 19th century. It is constructed from ashlar sandstone and features a Welsh slate roof. The building has a double-depth plan, is two storeys high with a loft, and consists of three bays on the front.
The central entrance is a six-panel door topped by a fanlight with radial glazing bars, all set within a round-arched surround that has a canopy supported by elongated consoles. Above the door, there is a sash window with glazing bars. The outer bays project in a semi-circular shape and each has a sash window with glazing bars on both floors, flanked by 8-pane sash windows. These windows are all set in flush surrounds with projecting sills. The building features a cornice with blocking and tall stacks at each end.
The rear and left side of the building are mostly hidden by 20th-century extensions that are not of special interest, although there is a round-headed window in the left gable. On the right side, there is a part-glazed door with a small canopy supported by brackets to its right, as well as a canted bay window that matches the front bow window and has a modillion cornice on its pitched lead roof. Above the door is a round-arched sash window with 20 panes and radial glazing at the top, along with a round-arched window in the gable.
Inside, the ground-floor front room on the left features a door with six reeded panels in an architrave, a panelled dado below a chair rail, and plaster wall panels with some indented corners. The frieze displays urns and tiny dentils, along with central ceiling decoration. To the right, there is a dog-leg staircase with turned balusters.
Local climate
Kings Croft receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% 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 — 10 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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