Former Farmhouse West of Whittaker Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1986. Farmhouse.
Former Farmhouse West of Whittaker Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- empty-facade-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Rochdale MP: Paul Waugh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- OS grid reference
- SD 947 155
- Coordinates
- 53.63653, -2.08146
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This former farmhouse, located west of Whittaker Farmhouse, dates from the last quarter of the 17th century and has more recently been used as a piggery. It is constructed of dressed stone with a graduated stone slate roof. The building features a three-unit, two-storey plan that was extended by two bays to the right in the mid-18th century, along with parallel ranges added at the rear in the later 18th century. Notable architectural details include quoins and a projecting plinth.
A gabled single-storey porch is situated between the first and second bays, with initials and the year 1717 scratched on the jamb. The original house has two, five, and three-light double-chamfered stone mullion windows with hoodmoulds, although one mullion has been removed. The first floor features similar two, three, and three-light windows, but all have had their mullions removed. The gables are coped and include kneelers. The right-side addition contains four and three-light chamfered mullion windows on each floor, flanking a gabled porch wing. At the rear, two two-storey ranges were likely used as separate dwellings and flank an open lean-to shelter. The interior has been significantly altered, but the layout and basic structure, including the roof, remain intact.
Local climate
Former Farmhouse West of Whittaker Farmhouse sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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