27, Higher Hillgate is a Grade II listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1975. House. 1 related planning application.
27, Higher Hillgate
- WRENN ID
- seventh-hearth-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stockport
- Constituency
- Stockport MP: Navendu Mishra (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 March 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- 27, Higher Hillgate, SK1 3ED
- OS grid reference
- SJ 899 897
- Coordinates
- 53.4042, -2.15328
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building at 27 Higher Hillgate is a three-storey brick house, said to have been built in 1742. It was acquired in 1783 by Samuel Oldknow, known as the "muslin king," and in 1802 passed to William Radcliffe of Mellor, the inventor of the dressing frame. The house was attacked by Luddites in 1812.
The front facade features three windows, currently with a six-light mullion and transom design, set within gauged brick arches. A prominent doorcase is present, featuring Greek Ionic half-columns and an open pediment, with Adam ornament to impost blocks. Above the doorway is a radiating fanlight, and the door itself has six panels. Five steps lead to the main entrance. A rear wing includes a plain pilastered doorway and a modillion eaves cornice. The building forms a visual grouping with the adjacent property at number 23.
Local climate
27, Higher Hillgate sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 — 16 transactions since 2007
- 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
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