20-23 and 23a, Fairfield Square is a Grade II* listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1966. A Industrial Residential. 1 related planning application.
20-23 and 23a, Fairfield Square
- WRENN ID
- sharp-lime-ochre
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Tameside
- Constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne MP: Angela Rayner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1966
- Type
- Residential
- Period
- Industrial
- Address
- 20-23 and 23a, Fairfield Square, M43 6AE
- OS grid reference
- SJ 901 976
- Coordinates
- 53.4757, -2.14988
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 20 to 23 and 23A Fairfield Square are a group of five houses originally built in 1785, which included a weaving workshop in Nos. 21 and 22. Constructed of header bond brick with a slate roof, the range consists of 13 bays and rises from 2 to 3 storeys in the central two houses. Each house features three bays and a central entrance. The doors are framed with eared architrave surrounds and have either flat hoods or pediments. The windows are 4-pane sash with stone sills and cambered brick-arched heads, while the second floor has casement windows. The buildings have an eaves cornice and ridge chimney stacks. No. 23A is accessed from the right side and has a brick with "IN 1785" moulded into its face. There are various outshuts and wings at the rear. This group of houses plays a significant role in the history of the Fairfield Moravian settlement, with the weaving activities being an important aspect of the community's economy.
Local climate
20-23 and 23a, Fairfield Square 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 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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