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

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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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