Wool Wall at SE 003 068 is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1996. Wall.
Wool Wall at SE 003 068
- WRENN ID
- dusk-gable-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth MP: Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 1996
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Wool Wall at SE 003 068, Holly Grove, Saddleworth
- OS grid reference
- SE 002 067
- Coordinates
- 53.55768, -1.99704
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a wool wall located in Dobcross, Saddleworth, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed from rubble sandstone masonry in a drystone style. The wall is approximately 50 metres long and 1.7 metres high, running in a north-west to south-east direction. Its north-east face is nearly vertical, while the south-west face is sloping and stepped. The coping stones are unshaped and laid on edge. Wool walls were typically used in the domestic production of woollen cloth, serving the purpose of drying scoured or dyed wool and scoured cloth.
Local climate
Wool Wall at SE 003 068 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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