Kirklea is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. Vicarage. 4 related planning applications.
Kirklea
- WRENN ID
- vast-mullion-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth MP: Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1986
- Type
- Vicarage
- Address
- Kirklea, Gellfield Lane, Saddleworth, OL3 6LJ
- OS grid reference
- SE 005 058
- Coordinates
- 53.54919, -1.99249
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kirklea is a vicarage, later converted into a house, dating from circa 1825, with an addition constructed in the late 19th century. It is built of watershot, hammer-dressed stone with a graduated stone slate roof. The house has a double-depth, central-staircase plan and is arranged over two storeys, with a gabled addition to the right. It comprises three bays, with a projecting plinth and eaves cornice. A central porch features an obtuse-angled lintel above an ovolo-moulded door surround, surmounted by a coped gable with a ball finial. The ground floor has two windows, while the first floor has three, all with pointed arch, square-cut surrounds and casements featuring interlaced glazing bars. Similar windows are present to the sides and rear, which also has a tall stair window. Gable stacks are visible. The later addition is set back and has a coped gable with kneelers. The interior retains six-panel doors and an arched glazed screen with interlaced bars that separates the stair hall from the outer hall.
Local climate
Kirklea sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- 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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