Lindley is a ward of Huddersfield in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. It contains 122 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, four are listed at Grade II*, the middle of the three grades, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The ward is to the northwest of the centre of Huddersfield, and includes the districts of Birchencliffe, Lindley, Oakes, Quarmby, and Salendine Nook. Most of the ward is residential, with some of the northern part being rural. In the rural part most of the listed buildings are farmhouses and farm buildings, and in the residential part they are houses and associated structures. The other listed buildings include mill buildings, two guide stones, a boundary stone, a commemorative cross, a public house, churches, chapels and associated structures, and a clock tower. The clock tower was designed by Edgar Wood, who had family connections with the area, and a number of the listed buildings in the 1890s and 1900s were designed by him.
The cross commemorates a feud in the 14th century, and it was re-erected in 1808 after being knocked down. It consists of a monolithic stone pillar. The cross is inscribed with coats of arms and inscriptions relating to both events.[2]
Part of Quarmby Hall, the building is in stone on a mouldedplinth, with a string course, a stone slate roof, catslide to the west, and two storeys. The windows are mullioned or mullioned and transomed, some with hood moulds. In the upper floor is a plaque with a family crest.[3][4]
Part of Quarmby Hall, the building is in stone and has a copedgable on cut kneelers at the front. There are two storeys, and in the main part, the windows are mullioned and transomed. The bay in the left angle has a mouldedplinth and a string course, and contains a casement window in the upper floor and a modern window below.[3][5]
A stone house with a string course on the east, stone gutter brackets, and a stone slate roof catslide at the rear with copedgables on cut kneelers. There are two storeys and the windows are mullioned.[6]
The archway to the former almshouses is in stone, and consists of s four-centred arch in an oblong frame. The archway has mouldedjambs and with two semicircular recessions along the top.[7]
The house, which was largely rebuilt in the 19th century, is in stone, partly rendered, and has a stone slate roof. There are two storeys, it contains one three-light mullioned window, and the other windows are 19th-century replacements.[8]
A farmhouse and barn in one range, they are roughcast, and have a stone slate roof with a copedgable on a moulded kneeler. There are two storeys, some of the windows are mullioned, and the others are modern. The barn is to the east.[9]
The houses and barn are in stone, they have a stone slate roof with copedgable on a moulded kneelers, and two storeys. Some windows are casements, and the others are mullioned with some mullions removed. The barn to the north has barn doors with a segmental arch.[10]
A pair of rendered houses that have a stone slate roof, catslide at the rear, with copedgables on cut kneelers. There are two storeys, the windows in the upper floor are mullioned with some mullions removed, and the ground floor windows have been altered.[12]
A pair of stone houses that have a stone slate roof with copedgables on cut kneelers. There are two storeys, and the windows are mullioned, with some mullions removed from No. 47.[13]
A farmhouse and a barn in one range, they are in stone, with stone gutter brackets, and a stone slate roof with copedgables on cut kneelers. The house has two storeys and contains mullioned windows, and in the barn are segmental-headed and flat-headed barn doors, the latter with a re-used lintel.[14]
A row of three stone houses with moulded gutters and a stone slate roof with copedgables on cut kneelers. There are three doorways, the windows are mullioned and the lights have segmental heads, and in the gable end is a Venetian window.[15]
The house, which was later incorporated into a public house, is at the end of a terrace. It is in stone with stone gutter brackets, and a stone slate roof with copedgables on cut kneelers. There are two storeys, two bays, and a rear barn extension. The windows are two-light mullionedsashes, and in the extension are segmental-headed barn doors.[16]
A stone house with stone gutter consoles, a stone slate roof with copedgables, and two storeys. The windows are mixed, and include casements and sashes, some are mullioned, and at the rear is a six-light staircase window.[17]
A stone house that has a stone slate roof and copedgables on cut kneelers. There are two storeys and a single-storey extension to the east. The windows are mullioned with some mullions removed.[18]
A group of stone houses with a stone slate roof and two storeys. The ground floor windows have been altered, and in the upper floor are mullioned windows with some mullions removed.[20]
A stone house that has a stone slate roof with a copedgable on cut kneelers. There are two storeys, and the windows are mullioned with three or four lights.[22]
A farmhouse and barn in one range, the barn dating from later in the century. They are in stone, with stone gutter brackets, a stone slate roof with copedgables, and two storeys. The barn contains a doorway with a depressed arch and rusticatedvoussoirs, an oculus with four keystones, two semicircular lunettes, and an oval plaque.[23]
A stone farmhouse that has a stone slate roof with copedgables on cut kneelers. There are two storeys and three bays. The windows on the front are three-light casements, and at the rear they are mullioned with two or three-lights.[24]
A farmhouse with a barn added in 1798, they are rendered, and have a stone slate roof with a copedgable on cut kneelers. There are two storeys, and the windows are mullioned with some mullions removed. In the barn are modern casement windows.[25]
A stone house with raised quoins, a band, stone gutter brackets, and a stone slate roof with coped kneelers on cut kneelers. There are two storeys, a modern porch, and the windows are modern casements in the original openings. In the south end is a blocked door at attic level with a stone balcony cantilevered out below it.[26]
The house is rendered, and has a stone slate roof with coped kneelers on cut kneelers. There are two storeys, two bays, and a 19th-century extension at the rear. The windows are modern.[27]
The house is in stone with stone gutter brackets and a stone slate roof, catslide at the rear, with copedgables on cut kneelers. There are two storeys and an L-shaped plan, and the windows are modern casements.[28]
The mill was extended to the east in the 19th century. It is in stone and has a stone slate roof with copedgables. There are two storeys and five bays. Cantilevered stone steps lead up to a door in the upper floor.[29]
The guide stone is at a road junction, and consists of an upright stone with a rectangular cross-section and a semicircular top. There has been some damage to it, and it is inscribed with elaborate pointing hands, the names of towns and their distances, the date, and the name of the surveyor. The post also carries a benchmark.[30]
The farmhouse is in stone with a stone slate roof and two storeys. The windows are casements, and there is a round-arched window with a keystone and impost blocks. To the east is a barn, with a single-storey extension to the south and a dated plaque.[31]
A row of four stone houses, mainly rendered, with quoins, a sill band, paired stone gutter brackets, and a stone slate roof, catslide at the rear, with copedgables on cut kneelers. There are two storeys and four bays. Most of the windows are mullioned, with some mullions removed, in the centre round-arched window with a keystone and impost blocks, and in the west gable end are blocked oculi.[32]
A terrace of four stone houses with quoins, a band, and a stone slate roof with copedgables on cut kneelers. There are two storeys, and the middle two houses project slightly. The windows are a mix; some are mullioned, some with mullions removed or lights blocked, and there are a casement window, and modern windows in the original openings.[37]
A stone house at the end of a row, it has a stone slate roof with a copedgable on cut kneelers. There are two storeys and two bays. In the right bay are casement windows, and the left bay contains four-light mullioned windows.[38]
The house is rendered, and has a stone slate roof with copedgables on cut kneelers, and two storeys. The windows in the ground floor are bipartite sashes, and in the upper floor they are mullioned.[39]
A stone house in a terrace, it has a stone slate roof with a copedgable. There are two storeys and one bay. The windows are mullioned, with three lights in the upper floor and two in the ground floor.[40]
The boundary stone, which marks the boundary between Lindley and Old Lindley, is on the southeast side of Lindley Moor Road (A643 road). The stone carries an inscription.[42]
A stone house with a stone slate roof and two storeys. There is a round-headed window in the gable end and one sash window, and the other windows are mullioned sashes.[43]
A pair of stone houses with a stone slate roof and two storeys. The windows in the ground floor are modern in the original openings, and in the upper floor they are mullioned.[44]
A stone house with a stone slate roof and two storeys. The windows are two-light mullionedsashes, two in the upper floor, and one in the ground floor.[45]
A row of three stone houses that have a stone slate roof and two storeys, Nos. 93 and 97 have mullioned windows and the windows in No. 95 have been replaced.[47]
A stone house in a terrace, with stone gutter brackets, a stone slate roof, and two storeys. The doorway is to the right, above it is a casement window, and the other windows are mullioned with three lights.[48]
A stone house in a terrace, with stone gutter brackets, a stone slate roof, and two storeys. In the upper floor is a casement window and a three-light mullioned window, and the ground floor contains a later tripartite casement window.[49]
A stone house at the end of a terrace, with stone gutter brackets, a stone slate roof, and two storeys. In the upper floor are a sash window, a blocked window, and a two-light mullioned window, and the ground floor contains two later casement windows.[50]
A stone house in a terrace with a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and two bays, and the windows are mullioned. In the right bay is a doorway and a passage door with a two-light window, and in the left bay is a three-light window in each floor.[52]
A pair of stone houses with a stone slate roof and two storeys. The doorways are to the right, above each is a single-light window, and the other windows are two-light mullionedsashes.[53]
A pair of stone houses with a sill band, and a stone slate roof with a copedgable on cut kneelers. There are two storeys and four bays, and the windows are sashes.[54]
A stone house with a stone slate roof and two storeys. On the front are two single-light windows and four two-light mullioned windows, and at the rear are two three-light mullioned windows with some lights blocked.[55]
A pair of stone houses that have a stone slate roof with copedgables, and two storeys. There is one modern casement window on the upper floor and the other windows are mullioned.[56]
A stone barn with stone gutter brackets, a stone slate roof with copedgables, and two storeys. It contains segment-headed barn doors and a doorway, and there are semicircular lunettes in both fronts.[57]
A row of three stone houses at the end of a terrace, they have a stone slate roof with a copedgable on a cut kneeler. There are two storeys and six bays, and the windows are modern in the original openings.[58]
A pair of stone houses that have a stone slate roof with copedgables, and three storeys. Above the central doorway is a round-arched window with imposts and a keystone. The other windows are sashes, some of which are mullioned. In the right gable end is a blocked first floor window and remaining traces of cantilevered steps.[61]
A stone house in a group, with stone gutter brackets, a stone slate roof with a copedgable, and two storeys. There is one casement window, one sash window, and the other windows are mullioned.[62]
The older part is the central block, with the tower dating from the mid-19th century; both parts are in stone. The block has a stone slate roof with copedgables, four storeys and attics, a front of 13 bays, and sides of four bays. Over the middle five bays on the front is a pediment-shaped gable, and a Venetian window in the attic. The tower has a string course, a mouldedcornice on console-shaped brackets, and an embattledparapet. The windows are round-arched, with an oculus at attic level.[63][64]
A stone barn with stone gutter brackets and a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and a single-storey extension to the west. The barn contains windows, a segment-headed barn door and a stable door.[65]
The coach house is in stone with stone gutter brackets, and a stone slate roof with copedgables. On the east front is a shallow pediment-shaped gable with a cast ironweathervane, a semicircular lunette, and a shelf. The windows are modern, and in the south gable end is a blocked round-headed window or loading door.[66]
A farmhouse and barn in one range, they are in stone with a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and a basement, with buttresses on the north, and the windows are mullioned. The barn to the west has barn doors with a segmental arch.[67]
A stone house, rendered on the front, that has a stone slate roof with a copedgable. There are two storeys and an attic. The windows in the ground floor are modern in the original openings, and in the upper floor they are mullioned with three lights. The gable end contains a single-light round-arched window with the date and an inscription.[69]
The church was designed by John Oates in Early English style, and the chancel was added in 1872. The church is built in sandstone with a slate roof, and consists of a nave, a south porch, a chancel with north and south vestries and a north organ chamber, and a west tower. The tower has four stages, angle buttresses, a south door, and an embattledparapet with corner pinnacles. The windows on the sides of the church are lancets and the five-light east window is in Decorated style.[70][71]
The barn, which has been converted for residential use, is in stone and has a stone slate roof, catslide at the rear. It contains barn doors with a depressed arch and a dated keystone, and above is a semicircular lunette.[72]
A pair of stone houses with a stone slate roof and two storeys. The doorways are in the outer parts, above is a single-light window, and the other windows are mullioned with two lights.[73]
The farmhouse is in stone with stone gutter brackets, a stone slate roof, and two storeys. The original part and an extension to the west contain mullioned windows, and to the east is an extension with sash windows.[74]
The guide post has been moved from its original position and set in a wall on the north side of the road. It is a monolith with a square section and the top chamfered to form a pediment over each face. It is inscribed with pointing hands and the directions to Lindley and to Longley.[75]
A stone barn with stone gutter brackets, a stone slate roof with copedgables, and two storeys. To the right are segment-headed barn doors with a dated keystone and a semicircular lunette above, and to the left are two windows, a doorway and a loading door above.[76]
In 1893 the porch was added to the chapel, which is in stone with a slate roof. There are two storeys and a basement, three bays on the front, and four on the sides. On the front is a pediment containing an oculus with an inscribed apron below. The ground floor projects and contains two doorways flanked by flutedpilasters with Compositecapitals. The doorways have chamfered surrounds, mouldedkeystones, and carved spandrels. Outside these are round-headed windows with moulded surrounds, keystones and sunk moulded aprons, and above is a parapet with a balustrade. In the upper storey is a Venetian window flanked by round-headed sash windows.[70][77]
The gate piers at the entrance to the garden are in stone. They have square bases, octagonal tops, mouldedcornices and pyramidal caps. The gates are in timber.[81]
The former coach house is in stone with stone gutter brackets, and a stone slate roof. It contains a carriage entrance with a depressed arch, and three oculi.[84]
A stone house with a mouldedeavescornice, a blocking course with three panelled dies, and a stone slate roof with copedgables. There are two storeys and two bays. The doorway has an oblong fanlight, and the windows are sashes.[86]
The gate piers at the entrance to the grounds are in stone. They have fielded panels, and each pier has a flutedfrieze, a modillioncornice, and a plain cap.[88]
A stone house with corner pilasters, a mouldedeavescornice, a blocking course with a central panel. pediment-shaped to the sides, and a hippedslate roof. There are two storeys and an attic, and a symmetrical front of three bays. In the centre is a Tuscan porch with a full entablature and a blocking course with a sculpted wreath. The doorway has a fanlight, and the windows are sashes.[89]
A stone house with sill bands, stone bracketed eaves, and a slate roof with copedgables. There are two storeys and attics, and a front of four bays. The outer bays are gabled and each contains a cantedbay window with a carved and mouldedcornice and a parapet with trilobe ornament, and in the upper floor is a sash window with a hood mould. In the centre, the left bay has a hipped and sprocketed truncated pyramidal roof with ornamental iron finials at the corners. The right bay contains an oblong bay window with a parapet, and in the right return is a three-storey tower with a pyramidal roof and iron cresting.[92]
A stone house with a mouldedeavescornice, a blocking course, and a stone slate roof with a copedgable. There are two storeys and a front of three bays. In the centre is a Tuscan porch with a full entablature and a blocking course. This is flanked by cantedbay windows with moulded cornices, and in the upper floor are sash windows. To the left is a two-storey three-bay extension with similar features.[93]
There are two pairs of stone gate piers, both are panelled, one pair has pyramidal tops, and the other has caps. The railings are in cast iron and have spear finials.[95]
A stone house with a mouldedeavescornice and blocking course, and a hipped stone slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays, the middle bay projecting under a pediment-shaped blocking course with a sculpted wreath. The door has a modern porch with a full entablature and a blocking course with sculpted wreath, and the windows are sashes.[98]
The gate piers at the two entrances to the churchyard are in stone, they are panelled, and have pyramidal caps. The gates are in cast iron and have spear finials.[101]
A stone house with mouldedstring courses, overhanging eaves, and a hippedslate roof. There are two storeys and a front of three bays. The left bay projects and contains a two-storey cantedbay window that has a cornice with machicolations between the storeys, and a moulded cornice with cresting above. Steps with curved walls lead up to the porch that has paired columns with foliate capitals, relief sculpture in the spandrels, and a parapet with urn finials. The windows in the ground floor are casements with depressed arches, and in the upper floor they are sashes with round heads. In the garden front are two bay windows, one canted, the other oblong with a Venetian window.[102]
A stone house with a band, a mouldedeavescornice, a parapet, and a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and three bays. The doorway has a moulded surround, an oblong fanlight, and a segmental pediment. The windows are sashes, and there is a staircase window at the rear.[104]
The barn is in stone, and has a stone slate roof with copedgables and two storeys. The middle part of the east front projects under a pediment, under which is a Venetian window and a depressed arch. In the west front is an arched entrance with a blocked surround.[105]
A stone house with a mouldedeavescornice, and a slate roof with copedgables on kneelers. There are two storeys and attics, and a front of three bays, the outer bays gabled and projecting. The doorway in the middle bay has a moulded surround, a fanlight, and a hood mould. In the left bay is a cantedbay window with panelled spandrels, a moulded cornice, and a patterned parapet, and in the right bay is an oblong bay window with similar features. The windows are sashes, most with trefoil-headed lights, and in the middle bay is a wrought iron balcony.[106]
The building is in stone, and has a double-pitched stone slate roof with copedgables and a parapet between. There are five storeys, twelve bays on the front and four bays on the sides. The windows are sashes, in the ground floor they are round-arched with vermiculatedvoussoirs. The tower has string courses, a mouldedcornice on large brackets, a blocking course, and a flat top, and it contains lancet windows.[108]
The former stables are in stone, with a band, rusticatedquoins, and a stone slate roof with copedgables and finials. There are three storeys and three bays, the middle bay projecting under a shaped gable with a weathervane. In the ground floor are three doorways with fanlights. In the middle bay of the middle floor is a French window with a semicircular head, a keystone and a balcony. There are smaller semicircular-headed windows above and in the outer bays, and an oculus in each outer bay.[109]
A stone shop with a stone slate roof, two storeys and three bays. The top floor contains casement windows. In the ground floor is a yard entry on the left with an initialled and dated lintel, and to the right is a shop front with Tuscanpilasters, a fascia, and a mouldedcornice, a doorway with a fanlight, and a window with four round-arched lights and mullions.[110]
The lamp post is by the west door of the chapel, and is in cast iron. It has an elaborate bulbous base, an ornamented post, and a hexagonal lamp with ornamental cresting.[111]
Additions, including a chancel and a vestry, were made in 1895–96 by Edgar Wood. The church is in stone with a slate roof, and is in Gothic style. It consists of a nave with aisles, a transept, a chancel, and a southwest tower. The tower has a pyramidal roof with a finial.[70][112]
The church is in stone with a vermiculated basement, rusticatedquoins, bands, continuous impostmoulding, a moulded eavescornice, and a slate roof. There are two storeys and a basement, five bays on the front, and six on the sides. On the front, the middle three bays project with flanking pilasters, and there is a full-width pediment containing a semicircular lunette with a vermiculated keystone and acanthus carving in the tympanum. The porch has three-quarter columns and pilasters, and a full entablature with a modillion cornice and blocking course. The windows are sashes, with round heads in the upper floor and segmental heads in the ground floor.[70][113]
At the main entrance to the churchyard in Oakes Road are a pair of elaborate gates and gate piers in cast iron, and at the entrance in Baker Street there is one simpler gate.[114]
The school, which was extended in 1885, is in stone, and has a slate roof with copedgables and iron finials. There is one storey and an attic, and a complex plan with many gables. The doorways have moulded surrounds and hood moulds, the windows are mullioned or mullioned and transomed, and there are some cusped oculi. Above the boys' entrance is a four-stage tower with string courses, clock faces, a machicolatedcornice, and a steep pyramidal roof with lucarnes.[63][115]
Enclosing the grounds of the school are dwarf coped stone walls carrying cast iron railings with decorative finials. The gate piers are in stone, and have conical caps.[116]
The lych gate is at the entrance to the churchyard from Lidget Street. The superstructure is in timber on stone plinths, and the roof is in stone slate.[117]
The chancel was added in 1879–80. The church is in Decorated style, and is built in sandstone with dressings in freestone and a slate roof with ridge tiles. It consists of a nave, a north aisle, a northwest tower, a chancel, and a south organ chamber. The tower contains a porch, it has diagonal buttresses, and a saddleback roof.[118][119]
A terrace of three houses designed by Edgar Wood, they are in stone with overhanging eaves and a stone slate roof. There are two storeys and each house has two bays, the right bay gabled, and the middle gable the largest. The doorways are in the left bay, and each has an oblong fanlight, a plain hood, and a shaped lintel. Above the doorways are two-light casement windows, and the other windows are mullioned and transomed.[63][121]
The building was designed by Edgar Wood, and is in stone with a stone slate roof and two storeys. On the right is a carriage arch with a moulded surround and a hood mould, and above it is a mullioned window and a gable. Elsewhere are mullioned or mullioned and transomed windows, and the doorway within the archway has a four-centred arched head. To the left is a single-storey extension and at the rear is a tower with a pyramidal roof.[63][123]
The gate piers at the entrance to the drive are in stone, and are simple, with tapering buttresses and ball finials. They are flanked by quadrant walls with chamferedcoping.[126]
The clock tower was designed by Edgar Wood, and the sculpture and roof are by Thomas Stirling Lee. The tower is in stone, and the octagonal pagoda roof is in copper. The tower has diagonal corner buttresses rising to pinnacles with gargoyles, a semicircular stair turret, a clock face on each side, and an arcade below the eaves. The doorway has a lintel with an inscription, a central sculpted figure, further sculpted figures to the sides, and another one above. The windows have art nouveautracery.[127][128]