37a, 38, 39, 40 and 40b, Fairfield Square is a Grade II listed building in the Tameside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1966. Residential. 2 related planning applications.
37a, 38, 39, 40 and 40b, Fairfield Square
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-vestry-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tameside
- Constituency
- Ashton-under-Lyne MP: Angela Rayner (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 November 1966
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- 37a, 38, 39, 40 and 40b, Fairfield Square, M43 6AE
- OS grid reference
- SJ 900 976
- Coordinates
- 53.47562, -2.15124
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes five houses located at 37A, 38, 39, 40, and 40B Fairfield Square. They were built in the late 18th century and have undergone some alterations in the 19th century. The houses are constructed of brick in a header bond pattern and feature a slate roof. Each house is double-depth and consists of three storeys, with a total of six bays.
The two outer houses have six-panel doors that are framed with architrave surrounds and topped with modillioned hoods. The other two houses feature paired central four-panel doors, also with architraves, overlights, and a shared hood. The windows are primarily sash windows, most of which do not have glazing bars, and they are set on stone sills with flat brick arches. The ground and first floor windows of Nos. 38 and 39 were modified in the 19th century to create coupled sash windows, while bay 6 has paired sashes. Overall, the elevation maintains a symmetrical appearance, with eaves blocks and four ridge chimney stacks.
The right gable end is tile hung and includes four sash windows, a door, and a 20th-century casement window. The entrance to 40B is located in the rear wing, which also contains various sash windows and wings.
Local climate
37a, 38, 39, 40 and 40b, Fairfield Square sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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- 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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