512 and 514, Market Street is a Grade II listed building in the Rossendale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

512 and 514, Market Street

WRENN ID
grim-gutter-gilt
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rossendale
Constituency
Rossendale and Darwen MP: Andy MacNae (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
512 and 514, Market Street, Whitworth
OS grid reference
SD 886 182
Coordinates
53.66055, -2.17381
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

A pair of cottages dating from the late 18th century, located on Market Street in Whitworth. They are built of watershot coursed sandstone rubble, with No. 514 having a colour-washed finish, and have a felted stone slate roof with ridge chimneys at the left junctions. Each cottage has a double-depth plan and is one bay wide, two storeys high. The right-hand cottage has a plain surround to its doorway, while both cottages feature a stepped triple-light window on each floor. The rear elevation displays back doors and windows on both floors; one window has a square mullion. On the first floor of No. 512, a doorway is blocked above the flat roof of a small outbuilding.

Local climate

512 and 514, Market Street sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • 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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