32 and 34, The Downs is a Grade II listed building in the Trafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1985. Houses. 1 related planning application.
32 and 34, The Downs
- WRENN ID
- inner-gable-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Trafford
- Constituency
- Altrincham and Sale West MP: Mr Connor Rand (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1985
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- 32 and 34, The Downs, WA14 2QQ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 765 875
- Coordinates
- 53.38406, -2.35365
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two houses, numbers 32 and 34, were built around 1840. They are constructed of brick with a slate roof and feature a stone plinth and a modillion eaves cornice. The houses are arranged in a double-depth plan with one room wide (plus a hall) on the ground floor. They present a symmetrical facade with a central two-bay projection. Each house has a four-panel door, a semi-elliptical fanlight above, a dentilled cornice, and a stone step leading to the entrance. The windows, six in total, are set within cambered brick arches, have stone sills, and contain 12-pane sashes. A dormer window has been added to number 34. A large rear wing is also present.
Local climate
32 and 34, The Downs sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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