Top O' Th' Hill Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1986. House, cottages.
Top O' Th' Hill Cottages
- WRENN ID
- strange-spandrel-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Rochdale MP: Paul Waugh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1986
- Type
- House, cottages
- Address
- Top O' Th' Hill Cottages, 7 and 8
- OS grid reference
- SD 944 111
- Coordinates
- 53.59728, -2.08533
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Top o' th' Hill Cottages are a pair of houses that date from the late 17th century to early 18th century. They are built from hammer-dressed stone and have a slate roof. The building features two bays and stands two storeys high. The central door, which is now blocked, has a chamfered dressed surround. To the left, there is a later door that replaces a former window, while another later door to the right has a square-cut surround.
On the ground floor, there is a three-light double-chamfered mullion window, although the mullions have been removed, and it features a hoodmould. The first floor has two three-light recessed flat-faced mullion windows, which were added in the 18th century when the eaves were raised. The left side of the building has a seven-light double-chamfered mullion window (with two mullions missing) and a two-light window (with one mullion missing), as well as a later window on the first floor. At the rear, there are two two-light windows and additional later inserted windows from the 18th century.
Local climate
Top O' Th' Hill Cottages 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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