Lindley is a
ward
Ward may refer to:
Division or unit
* Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward
* Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...
of
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...
in the
metropolitan borough
A metropolitan borough (or metropolitan district) is a type of local government district in England. Created in 1974 by the Local Government Act 1972, metropolitan boroughs are defined in English law as metropolitan districts within metropolitan ...
of
Kirklees
Kirklees is a local government district of West Yorkshire, England, governed by Kirklees Council with the status of a metropolitan borough. The largest town and administrative centre of Kirklees is Huddersfield, and the district also includes ...
,
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...
, England. It contains 122
listed buildings
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
that are recorded in the
National Heritage List for England
The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England's official database of protected heritage assets. It includes details of all English listed buildings, scheduled monuments, register of historic parks and gardens, protected shipwrecks, an ...
. 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 Oakes may refer to:
*Oakes (surname)
*Oakes, Huddersfield, England
*Oakes, North Dakota, US
See also
* Oakes test, a legal analysis used in Canada to determine under what situations infringements on rights and freedoms are justifiable
** R. v. Oake ...
,
Quarmby
Quarmby is a district of Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. It is situated 2 miles west of Huddersfield town centre between Oakes, Paddock and Longwood.
The holders of the manor in the reign of Edward the Confessor 1042–66 were Gamel a ...
, and
Salendine Nook
Salendine Nook is an area of Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. It is to the north-west of central Huddersfield, and is bordered to the north-east by Laund Hill, Weather Hill and Low Hill and to the south-west by the natural scar of Long ...
. 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
Edgar Wood (17 May 1860 – 1935) was a British architect, artist and draftsman who practised from Manchester at the turn of the 20th century and gained a considerable reputation in the United Kingdom. He was regarded as a proponent of the A ...
, who had family connections with the area, and a number of the listed buildings in the 1890s and 1900s were designed by him.
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Lists of listed buildings in West Yorkshire
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