Higher Cross Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. Farmhouse, barn.
Higher Cross Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn
- WRENN ID
- seventh-rotunda-smoke
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth MP: Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse, barn
- OS grid reference
- SE 004 054
- Coordinates
- 53.54583, -1.99525
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Higher Cross Farmhouse and the adjoining barn are located on the west side of Higher Cross Lane in Saddleworth. The farmhouse dates back to 1746, as indicated by the inscription "WRER 1746" on the door lintel. It is constructed from hammer-dressed watershot stone and features a graduated stone slate roof. The building has a two-unit plan and stands two storeys high, with the barn added later to the left side. The farmhouse displays quoins, and the door that is now on the left was originally located on the right gable.
The ground floor includes three 4-light and one 2-light double-chamfered cavetto-moulded mullion windows, while the first floor has two similar 4-light windows, with a small window inserted to the right. The eaves are supported by shaped gutter brackets, and there is a ridge chimney stack. At the rear, there are 12-pane sash windows. The barn also features quoins, a segmental-headed cart entry with a dressed surround, and a shippon door to the left.
Local climate
Higher Cross Farmhouse and Adjoining Barn 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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