Upper and Lower Gate Head is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

Upper and Lower Gate Head

WRENN ID
solitary-minaret-jet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Oldham
Constituency
Oldham East and Saddleworth MP: Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 July 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Upper and Lower Gate Head, Gatehead Road, Saddleworth, OL3 5QE
OS grid reference
SD 987 071
Coordinates
53.56114, -2.02067
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The property comprises two farmhouses, now divided into two separate houses. It likely originated in the 18th century, though a lintel dated "RB1718" above the entrance suggests involvement of Robert Buckley in its construction, with later additions made subsequently. The building is constructed of hammer-dressed watershot stone with a roof of graduated stone slates. The original 2-unit plan is two storeys high, with a rear wing to the left and a 20th-century extension to the right. The front facade features 2-, 5-, and 4-light ground-floor windows, and 4- and 3-light first-floor windows, all with double-chamfered cavetto-moulded mullions. The 2-storey rear wing incorporates an outshut to one side and has 5- and 2-light recessed flat-faced mullion windows. A dated lintel above the gable entrance is now obscured by a 20th-century addition. The roof features ridge and gable chimney stacks.

Local climate

Upper and Lower Gate Head 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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  • Sale history — 9 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • 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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