Top O' the Green Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 March 1975. Farmhouse.

Top O' the Green Farmhouse

WRENN ID
leaning-gallery-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Stockport
Constituency
Hazel Grove MP: Lisa Smart (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 March 1975
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Top O' the Green Farmhouse, Marple Road
OS grid reference
SJ 931 886
Coordinates
53.39498, -2.10378
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Top o' the Green Farmhouse is a house dating from the 16th century, although it has undergone significant alterations. The building is timber-framed with brick nogging, a brick stack, and a roof made of graduated stone slates. It consists of four bays and has two storeys, along with a single-storey addition from the 20th century on the left and rear sides.

The first bay, which may have originally served as a granary, and the fourth bay were added to the second and third bays. These two central bays show evidence of construction from various periods, including a raised eaves line. The first bay features a recessed porch and has two casement windows on the first floor. The second bay displays square-panel framing with diagonal bracing. The third and fourth bays include a 20th-century bow window, a three-light casement window, and a porch with a pitched roof. The house has a ridge chimney stack.

Inside, the farmhouse has a closed cruck frame with a collar tie and a truss with curved principals, and much of the internal framing remains intact.

Local climate

Top O' the Green Farmhouse 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 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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