Barn at Rye Top is a Grade II listed building in the Peak District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1986. Barn, cottage. 1 related planning application.
Barn at Rye Top
- WRENN ID
- endless-alcove-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peak District National Park
- Constituency
- Oldham East and Saddleworth MP: Debbie Abrahams (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1986
- Type
- Barn, cottage
- Address
- Barn at Rye Top, Knowl Top Lane, Saddleworth, Oldham, OL3 6LQ
- OS grid reference
- SE 006 052
- Coordinates
- 53.54348, -1.99181
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early to mid-18th century barn and cottage, with later additions in the early 19th century. The building is constructed of hammer-dressed watershot stone, with a roof of graduated stone slates. The barn occupies the left-hand side and is composed of three bays and two storeys. It features a segmental arch over the cart entry, with a keystone, and small, single-light windows at two levels on either side of the arch. Quoins are visible. The cottage, also of early or mid-18th century origin, has four-light and six-light windows with recessed, cavetto-moulded frames and king mullions. The right-hand gable features a blocked doorway, along with single- and two-light windows of a similar design, and a gable chimney stack. A flat-faced stone mullion window is located at the rear of the cottage, and a winnowing door is situated at the rear of the barn.
Local climate
Barn at Rye Top sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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 — 1 transaction since 2022
- 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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