Townscliffe Cottage Townscliffe Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Stockport local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 October 1985. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Townscliffe Cottage Townscliffe Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- roaming-render-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stockport
- Constituency
- Hazel Grove MP: Lisa Smart (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 October 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Townscliffe Cottage Townscliffe Farmhouse, Townscliffe Lane, SK6 5AR
- OS grid reference
- SJ 975 888
- Coordinates
- 53.39687, -2.03835
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Townscliffe Cottage, originally a farmhouse, dates from the late 17th century with a 19th-century wing. It is constructed of squared rubble with stone dressings and features a graduated stone slate roof. The building has a three-unit baffle-entry plan and is two storeys high throughout. The house is flanked by projecting crosswings with quoins. There is a former door, now blocked, next to the right crosswing, which has a chamfered surround and a shaped lintel. A 19th-century door, with a four-panel design and a moulded surround, is located next to the left crosswing. Each floor has a two-light casement window situated between the doors. The 19th-century wing includes sash windows on both floors, featuring wedge lintels and stone sills. The building has a total of three chimney stacks and a lean-to garage attached to the left gable. The left crosswing extends to the rear, constructed in rock-faced stone, and a patio door has been inserted at the back of the house part.
Local climate
Townscliffe Cottage Townscliffe 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 83% 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 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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 EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1997
- 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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