Northern Glass Works with Attached Gates and Railings is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1978. Industrial unit.

Northern Glass Works with Attached Gates and Railings

WRENN ID
tired-span-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
High Peak
Constituency
High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1978
Type
Industrial unit
OS grid reference
SK 041 944
Coordinates
53.4466, -1.93885
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Northern Glass Works, located on Manor Park Road in Old Glossop, is a former Wesleyan Chapel that has been converted into an industrial unit. It was built in 1836, although the datestone is currently obscured by a sign. The building is constructed from squared and coursed watershot millstone grit, featuring ashlar door and window surrounds and a slate roof.

The exterior is a single storey with three bays. It has two round-headed raised windows, each set in round-headed surrounds with keystones and brackets at the imposts. These flank a central double door that has a plain fanlight and a similar surround. The eaves are supported by console-shaped corbels. The left and right elevations each have two windows with six panes and flat lintels. There are 20th-century extensions added to the side and rear of the building.

Internally, no significant features remain. The entrance front is adorned with attached spear-headed iron railings on a low plinth wall, which includes four piers topped with pyramidal caps. The side wall has coping and a square-headed cap with chamfered corners. The building was originally listed with the premises occupied by Helme Footwear, which was formerly known as the Tabernacle Chapel.

Local climate

Northern Glass Works with Attached Gates and Railings sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 55 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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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