Cottage and Barn to South of Grotton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1967. Cottage, barn.
Cottage and Barn to South of Grotton Hall
- WRENN ID
- narrow-bronze-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth MP: Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1967
- Type
- Cottage, barn
- Address
- Cottage and Barn to South of Grotton Hall, Platting Road, Saddleworth
- OS grid reference
- SD 972 048
- Coordinates
- 53.54005, -2.04337
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building consists of a cottage and barn located to the south of Grotton Hall. The cottage dates from the 18th century and has been altered over time, while the barn is from the 17th century, possibly built in 1656, as indicated by the date on the lintel of the nearby 19th-century Grotton Head Farm. The barn is constructed of squared rubble with a slate roof, and the cottage features squared rubble and hammer-dressed stone with a graduated stone slate roof.
The cottage is two stories high and has a double-depth layout, with the barn adjoining to the left. It includes a central door with a chamfered surround, and windows with two and three lights, although the mullions have been removed. The cottage also has an eaves cornice and coped gables, one topped with a finial and the other featuring a gable stack.
The barn has a projecting plinth, quoins, and vents at two levels. There is a blocked door with one chamfered jamb, opposite a cart entry at the rear. An inclined strut truss with a massive forked tie-beam is supported at the back by a forked post. Additionally, a small shippon is attached at the rear, which has an oeil-de-boeuf window, quoins, a door with a chamfered surround, and coped gables.
Local climate
Cottage and Barn to South of Grotton Hall 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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