Torr Top Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the High Peak local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1990. House.
Torr Top Cottages
- WRENN ID
- high-span-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- High Peak
- Constituency
- High Peak MP: Jon Pearce (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1990
- Type
- House
- Address
- Torr Top Cottages, 6, 7 and 8, Lower Rock Street, New Mills, SK22 4DA
- OS grid reference
- SK 000 854
- Coordinates
- 53.36553, -2.0005
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Torr Top Cottages is a range of three houses built in the mid-18th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The cottages are constructed from regularly coursed squared grit stone, featuring ashlar dressings, plain gables, and gable chimneys. The roofs are covered with Welsh slate and stone slate. The north elevation shows a stepped range that rises from east to west, with the lowest section facing the street and consisting of two storeys, while the middle range is also two storeys. The west end is three storeys high and was once connected to now-demolished buildings, forming a terrace.
The lower part of the east end has stacked three-light flush mullioned windows at the gable center and a doorway to the west with a plain stone surround. The lower window is blocked, and the upper window lacks window joinery. The central section features stacked windows on the east side, which were formerly sash framed, positioned below wedge lintels, along with a doorway to the west that has a semi-circular head and a key block. This doorway is plain. The upper section has stacked three-light flush mullioned windows and a remodelled or inserted doorway without a surround, but it does have a plain planked door. Currently, the range is unoccupied, and the interior of the lower part has been removed. The rear includes a three-light mullioned window (with two mullions missing) and two sash windows set in stone surrounds.
Local climate
Torr Top Cottages 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 83% 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 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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