Top O' Th'Fold is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.
Top O' Th'Fold
- WRENN ID
- brooding-timber-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth MP: Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Top O' Th'Fold, 1, 2 and 3, Old Tame, Saddleworth, OL3 5SS
- OS grid reference
- SD 968 096
- Coordinates
- 53.58356, -2.04938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Top o' th' Fold is a group of three houses built in the late 18th century. They are constructed from hammer-dressed watershot stone laid in narrow courses and feature a graduated stone slate roof. The buildings have a double-depth plan with a total of three bays and two storeys. There are three doors, each with dressed stone surrounds. The houses have five, five, and three-light recessed flat-faced stone mullion windows on each floor, although the bottom left window has had all its mullions removed. Additionally, two small 20th-century windows have been inserted on the first floor. The ridge features chimney stacks, one of which has been rebuilt in brick. The right gable has three two-light windows, while the left gable is rendered. The rear of the houses includes a total of four two-light windows, one three-light window, and three four-light windows, as previously described.
Local climate
Top O' Th'Fold 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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