Ivy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1967. House. 1 related planning application.

Ivy Cottage

WRENN ID
turning-portal-coral
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oldham
Constituency
Oldham East and Saddleworth MP: Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1967
Type
House
Address
Ivy Cottage, 23 and 25, Woods Lane, Saddleworth, OL3 5AL
OS grid reference
SD 991 066
Coordinates
53.55606, -2.01468
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ivy Cottage is a house dating from 1756, as indicated by the inscription "ILA 1756" on the door lintel. It is constructed of watershot hammer-dressed stone and features a slate roof. The building has a central entrance plan with three bays and two stories, along with stone quoins. The entrance is marked by a square-cut door surround, which is flanked by two 2-light flat-faced stone mullion windows from the 19th century. On the first floor, there are two 5-light and one central 2-light chamfered stone mullion windows. The cottage also has gable stacks.

Local climate

Ivy Cottage sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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