2 and 4, Oldham Road 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.
2 and 4, Oldham Road
- WRENN ID
- steep-plinth-auburn
- 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
- 2 and 4, Oldham Road, Saddleworth, OL3 5EB
- OS grid reference
- SD 986 074
- Coordinates
- 53.56399, -2.02128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two houses, built around 1800, are located on the north-west side of Oldham Road in Delph. Constructed of watershot hammer-dressed stone with a roof of graduated stone slates, the houses are of double-depth, 2-bay plan and have four storeys, built into a hillside. The front features paired central doors, one of which is blocked, and a later 20th-century door with a window to the left. Bay 2 has a recessed flat-faced stone mullion window on the ground floor. Each bay on each floor otherwise features a 7-light recessed flat-faced stone mullion window. The building is characterised by gable stacks constructed of engineering brick. Small 2-light windows are visible in the gables, with the left gable window blocked.
Local climate
2 and 4, Oldham Road 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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