Town House is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1967. House. 1 related planning application.

Town House

WRENN ID
gentle-sentry-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rochdale
Constituency
Rochdale MP: Paul Waugh (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 January 1967
Type
House
Address
Town House, Town House Road, OL15 9JX
OS grid reference
SD 937 171
Coordinates
53.65066, -2.09651
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

This is a late 18th-century town house, rebuilt in 1798 for William and Betty Newall, with later additions to the rear in 1915. It’s constructed of ashlar stone with a slate roof. The house has a double-pile plan, meaning two rooms deep, and a symmetrical facade of five bays across two storeys. A pediment sits above the central three bays, which project forward. The front features a projecting plinth, a band at first floor level, an eaves cornice with a blocking course, and a central doorway with six fielded panels, a radial fanlight above, a curved arch with a keystone, and an open pediment supported by three-quarter columns. There are four sash windows on the ground floor and five on the first floor, all with sashes. The central first-floor window has an eared architrave and keystone. The large pediment above the central bays contains a circular window. The roof is hipped, with chimney stacks on the side walls. A stair window with a rounded top is located on the left return above a door with a moulded surround. The 1915 additions include a two-storey bow window. Original Regency-style fireplaces and other interior features remain.

Local climate

Town House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 57 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
  • 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. Town House Mill Grade II 43 m
  2. Folly at Hare Hill Park Grade II 418 m
  3. Hare Hill Park Band Stand Grade II 459 m
  4. 1, 2, 3 and 4 Middle Newgate Grade II 479 m
  5. Drinking Fountain at Hare Hill Park Grade II 484 m
  6. Rochdale Canal, Lock No 46 and Windy Bank Bridge Grade II 696 m
  7. Littleborough Coach House Heritage Centre Grade II 720 m
  8. Church of the Holy Trinity Grade II 734 m
  9. Whitfield Farmhouse Grade II 741 m
  10. Whitfield Cottage Grade II 752 m