Listed buildings in Meltham

Meltham is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England.The parish contains the village of Meltham and the smaller settlements of Helme and Wilshaw, and is otherwise rural.Until the Industrial Revolution the economy of the parish depended mainly on agriculture, and many of the listed buildings are farmhouses and farm buildings.Many of the listed buildings are weavers' cottages and other houses used for spinning wool, and these are characterised by long rows of mullioned windows, mainly in the upper storeys.The other listed buildings include other houses and associated structures, churches and items in churchyards, former Sunday schools, a well head, milestones, boundary markers, a bridge, two kissing gates, mills, a mausoleum, almshouses, a village hall, and a telephone kiosk.