Former Oil Store is a Grade II listed building in the Salford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 October 1974. Former oil store. 2 related planning applications.
Former Oil Store
- WRENN ID
- north-niche-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Salford
- Constituency
- Worsley and Eccles MP: Michael Wheeler (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 October 1974
- Type
- Former oil store
- Address
- Former Oil Store, the Green, M28 2PA
- OS grid reference
- SD 748 003
- Coordinates
- 53.49963, -2.38044
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a former oil and powder store, built in 1852 for canal and mining operations. It was later converted into flats in 1986. The building is constructed of English garden wall bond brick with a slate roof and stone dressings, and has a T-shaped plan extending over seven bays and two storeys. The design evokes the appearance of a medieval tithe barn.
The front of the building features large segmental-arched ground floor openings, each containing a glazed door and window, with a three-light window above, all dating to the 1986 conversion. Weathered buttresses are angled at the corners. The gables are coped and topped with finials. A 20th-century oriel window is located in the right gable, displaying a datestone and flanked by original window openings with flat brick arches. Additions matching the original style were built to the rear in 1986.
Inside, the ground floor features an impressive cross-vaulted brick construction. The substantial wall and floor construction was intended to mitigate damage in the event of an explosion.
Local climate
Former Oil Store sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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