Wool Wall North of Lower Hill Top is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. Wall.
Wool Wall North of Lower Hill Top
- WRENN ID
- former-glass-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth MP: Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1986
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Wool Wall North of Lower Hill Top, Grains Road, Saddleworth
- OS grid reference
- SD 978 077
- Coordinates
- 53.56681, -2.03378
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a wool wall located north of Lower Hill Top, dating from the early 19th century. It is constructed from dry-laid squared rubble and measures approximately 25 meters long. The wall features a vertical north face and an angled south face, which is stepped due to the arrangement of the stones. The top of the wall is finished with coping stones laid on edge. This structure was used for drying yarn, wool, or cloth.
Local climate
Wool Wall North of Lower Hill Top 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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