The Weaver's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Rossendale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 October 1970. A Late 18th century Cottage, heritage centre. 1 related planning application.
The Weaver's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- lost-ledge-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rossendale
- Constituency
- Rossendale and Darwen MP: Andy MacNae (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 October 1970
- Type
- Cottage, heritage centre
- Period
- Late 18th century
- Address
- The Weaver's Cottage, Fall Barn Fold, Bacup Road, Rawtenstall, BB4 7NW
- OS grid reference
- SD 815 227
- Coordinates
- 53.70083, -2.28133
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Weaver's Cottage is a weavers' cottage, likely built in the late 18th century, which has been altered and restored and is now used as a Heritage Centre. It is constructed of watershot coursed sandstone and features a stone slate roof with restored gable chimneys. The building has a two-room single pile plan and stands three storeys tall, with its back facing the road.
The south front includes a central doorway with a plain surround, flanked by large stepped triple-light windows on either side at the ground floor. On the two upper floors, there is a continuous row of six stepped triple-light windows. The right return wall has one window on each of the lower two floors, while the rear of the building features external dog-legged steps leading to a door on the top floor. All windows have restored glazing bars. Originally, the rear had a continuous outshut with the roof extending down to a single storey height, but this has since been demolished.
Inside, the top floor was originally unpartitioned and has been restored to that open layout.
Local climate
The Weaver's Cottage sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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