Listed buildings in Brighouse
Brighouse is a town and an unparished area in the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England. It contains 71 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, two are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, six are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. This list contains the listed buildings in Brighouse Ward which, in addition to the town of Brighouse, contains the village of Clifton and the surrounding countryside, in particular to the west and the southeast of the town along the valley of the River Calder. Historically, one of the most important buildings in the area was Kirklees Priory, which has been demolished, but listed buildings associated with it remain, in particular farm buildings in Home Farm and a gatehouse. In addition to the River Calder, the Calder and Hebble Navigation runs through the area, and listed buildings associated with the two waterways include bridges, locks, lock keepers' houses, a warehouse, and a milestone. The other listed buildings include houses and associated structures, cottages, farmhouses and farm buildings, shops and offices, churches and chapels, two graves, a sundial, a former mill, a former school, civic buildings, banks, a railway bridge, road milestones, a boundary stone, a folly, and a war memorial.
Image: Stable block and ancient barn, Kirklees Home Farm, Clifton geograph.org.uk 177764
Image: Kirklees Priory Gatehouse, Clifton geograph.org.uk 177762
Image: Black Horse, Clifton, Brighouse (8074778663)
Image: Former slaughter house, Kirklees Home Farm, Clifton geograph.org.uk 178225
Brighouse is a town within the metropolitan borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. Historically within the West Riding of Yorkshire, it is situated on the River Calder, 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Halifax. It is served by Junction 25 of the M62 motorway and Brighouse railway station on the Caldervale Line and Huddersfield Line. In the town centre is a mooring basin on the Calder and Hebble Navigation. The United Kingdom Census 2001 gave the Brighouse / Rastrick subdivision of the West Yorkshire Urban Area a population of 32,360. The Brighouse ward of Calderdale Council gave a population of 11,195 at the 2011 Census. Brighouse has a HD6 postcode.
The former Brighouse Town Hall
Rastrick Bridge
Brighouse, viewed from Thornhills Lane, Clifton
Brighouse Mill Royd Mill flats