The Rake Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1967. Public house. 8 related planning applications.
The Rake Inn
- WRENN ID
- dusk-sill-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Rochdale MP: Paul Waugh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1967
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Rake Inn, Old Road, OL15 0JX
- OS grid reference
- SD 943 165
- Coordinates
- 53.64576, -2.08637
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rake Inn is a former public house dating back to 1690, as indicated by the inscription on the door surround, although it has undergone later additions and alterations. The building is constructed from hammer-dressed stone and features a slate roof. It has a T-shaped plan with four bays and two storeys, and includes quoins.
The original part of the house, which consists of bays 2 and 3, has a door with a moulded surround and a shouldered lintel, or quasi-arch, along with a 20th-century porch. This section is flanked by four-light double-chamfered windows on both floors, with the ground floor windows having been increased in height and featuring hoodmoulds. Bay 1 includes a three and four-light window and a door with a dressed surround. Bay 4, at the head of the T, has a canted bay window and a small light on the upper floor with an arched lintel. The building has coped gables, while the right return is rendered. The rear of the building is largely obscured by later lean-to extensions, but retains two, three, and four-light mullioned windows. It features ridge and gable chimney stacks.
Inside, the property has chamfered beams and a fireplace with a cyma-moulded surround and a segmental arch with a dropped keystone.
Local climate
The Rake Inn 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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- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- 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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