31, Toad Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Museum. 1 related planning application.
31, Toad Lane
- WRENN ID
- fallen-mullion-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Rochdale MP: Paul Waugh (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- Museum
- Address
- 31, Toad Lane, OL12 0NU
- OS grid reference
- SD 895 135
- Coordinates
- 53.61867, -2.15939
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 31 Toad Lane is a house that has been converted into a museum, dating from around 1800. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings and features a stone slate roof. The building stands three storeys high and has three bays on the upper floors. The ground floor has been altered to include two multipaned bay windows, and there is evidence of a former central entrance. The windows are fitted with stone sills and wedge lintels, though they have replacement glazing bars. The roof is hipped at the front and gabled at the rear. This location was significant as it served as the first shop of the Co-operative Movement, opened by the Rochdale Equitable Pioneers Society in 1844.
Local climate
31, Toad Lane sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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