Nos. 2 and 2a (Thurstons House) Thurstons is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. House. 1 related planning application.

Nos. 2 and 2a (Thurstons House) Thurstons

WRENN ID
young-thatch-pine
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
Nos. 2 and 2a (Thurstons House) Thurstons, Huddersfield Road, Saddleworth, OL3 5LR
OS grid reference
SE 007 087
Coordinates
53.57552, -1.9894
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos. 2 and 2A, known as Thurstons House, are two houses located on the east side of Huddersfield Road in Diggle. They were built in the late 18th century but incorporate earlier work, possibly dating back to 1749. The houses are constructed from hammer-dressed watershot stone and feature a graduated stone slate roof. The building has a three-bay, three-storey layout with various extensions, including a small two-storey wing at the rear.

The structure has quoins and a 20th-century porch added to the third bay, which incorporates earlier elements, including a two and four-light double-chamfered stone mullion window. The other ground floor windows are 20th-century bow windows. The first floor features five, seven, and ten-light windows, while the second floor has five, seven, and eight-light windows, all with recessed flat-faced stone mullions. There are four ridge chimney stacks, and the gables and rear include one, two, three, and five-light windows.

Local climate

Nos. 2 and 2a (Thurstons House) Thurstons 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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