Hat Maker's Workshop in Grounds of Number 54 is a Grade II listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1986. Workshop.

Hat Maker's Workshop in Grounds of Number 54

WRENN ID
rough-stronghold-magpie
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tameside
Constituency
Stalybridge and Hyde MP: Jonathan Reynolds (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 February 1986
Type
Workshop
Address
Hat Maker's Workshop in Grounds of Number 54, Joel Lane
OS grid reference
SJ 956 932
Coordinates
53.43586, -2.06747
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Hat Maker's Workshop, located in the grounds of Number 54 on Joel Lane in Hyde, is an 18th-century building used for planking in the hat industry. It is constructed from watershot stone and features a graduated stone slate roof. This small, single-storey workshop has a brick addition on the left side. The front includes a door flanked by a window on either side, with the right window retaining its original glazing bars. There are two windows on the right gable and one window along with four small steam release windows at the rear. All windows are fitted with stone lintels and sills. The building has a gable chimney stack that features water tabling and an oversailing course. The hand-powered planking process utilized water from a nearby spring for steam block processing and for forming felt hats.

Local climate

Hat Maker's Workshop in Grounds of Number 54 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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