Longdendale is a valley, part of which is in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England. In the valley are the villages of Broadbottom, Hattersley, Hollingworth and Mottram in Longdendale. These villages and the surrounding countryside contain 56 listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The listed buildings include houses and associated structures, farmhouses, farm buildings, churches and items in churchyards, an ancient cross, a railway viaduct, a school, and two war memorials.
| Grade | Criteria | |
|---|---|---|
| II* | Particularly important buildings of more than special interest | |
| II | Buildings of national importance and special interest |
| Name and location | Photograph | Date | Notes | Grade |
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| Cross, Mottram 53.4539°N -2.0104°W | The cross was considerably restored in 1760, and again in 1897 to commemorate the diamond jubilee of Queen Victoria. It has a circular stepped plinth, an octagonal shaft with a moulded base and a foliated capital, on which is a cubical sundial with three copper faces. There are inscriptions on the face and the plinth. | |||
| St Michael and All Angels Church, Mottram 53.4544°N -2.0102°W | The tower dates from about 1486, and in 1854–55 E. H. Shellard added the vestry and altered the clerestory and the interior. The church is in stone with a stone-slate roof, and is in Perpendicular style. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles with chapels, a south porch, a chancel with a north vestry, and a west tower. Along the sides of the church are embattled parapets. The tower has four stages, angled buttresses, a three-light west window, a clock face, a stair turret, and n embattled parapet with crocketed pinnacles. | |||
| Old Hillend Farmhouse, Broadbottom 53.4471°N -2.0153°W | 1604 | The farmhouse has been much altered, and later used for other purposes. It is in stone on a plinth, with quoins, a roof of slate and stone-slate, and a rear wall of brick. There are two storeys, two bays, and a one-bay cottage added as a wing to the left in the 18th century. In the centre is a two-storey porch that has a doorway with a chamfered surround and a dated lintel, above which is a band, a window, and a coped gable with a dove hole. The windows are mullioned, and there are inserted 19th-century doors. | ||
| Outbuildings, Hollingworth Hall Farm 53.4763°N -1.9987°W | A range of farm buildings of different dates and different types, the oldest being a cruck-framed structure. The buildings are in stone with a stone-slate roof, and have an L-shaped plan. The openings include cart entries, doors, windows some of which are mullioned, a winnowing door, and vents. | |||
| Botham's Hall 53.4335°N -2.0273°W | A stone house with a stone-slate roof on a projecting plinth, with two storeys and attics. It has a T-shaped plan, consisting of a main range and a later wing. The original part has quoins, mullioned windows with continuous hood moulds, and a doorway with a moulded surround. The wing is gabled, and contains casement windows. | |||
| Clough End Farmhouse and Cottage, Hattersley 53.4431°N -2.0218°W | A house and cottage with later alterations, in stone with stone-slate roofs. There are two storeys, two bays, a rear outshut, and extensions and outshuts at both ends. The doors have square-cut surrounds, the windows are mullioned, and in the rear extension are quoins. Inside there are timber framed partitions. | |||
| The Old Parsonage, Mottram 53.4516°N -2.0122°W | A stone house with a stone-slate roof, two storeys, a double-depth plan, and three bays. The central doorway has an arched head, and the windows are mullioned with hood moulds. The middle window in the upper floor has a rounded head, and the gables are partly rendered. | |||
| 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 Hodgefold, Broadbottom 53.4381°N -2.021°W | 1676 | Originally one house, later five cottages, the building is in stone with quoins and a stone-slate roof. It has two storeys, an L-shaped plan, five bays, outshuts, and a 20th-century extension at the rear. The doorways have square-cut surrounds, some windows are mullioned, and others are casements. | ||
| 3 and 5 Meadow Bank, Hollingworth 53.4674°N -1.9905°W | 1679 | Two stone cottages with quoins, stone-slate roofs, and two storeys. No.3 has two bays, a double-depth plan, a 20th-century porch, a rear wing, and is partly rendered, and No. 5 has a 20th-century flat-roofed rear extension. Both cottages have dated lintels, that of No. 3 being dated 1698. There is a 20th-century bow window in No. 3, and the other windows are mullioned. | ||
| Broadbottom Hall 53.4395°N -2.0093°W Check | 1680 | The house was extended in the 19th century and is in stone on a projecting plinth, with quoins and a stone-slate roof. It has two storeys and an L-shaped plan. In the centre is a two-storey porch with a coped gable. In the porch is a moulded surround, a dated lintel, a continuous hood mould, and a round panel in the gable. The windows are mullioned with hood moulds. Inside are timber framed partitions with wattle and daub infill. | ||
| Old Post Office Farm, Mottram 53.457°N -2.012°W | 1694 | A stone house on a plinth, with quoins and a stone-slate roof. There are two storeys, a single-depth plan, a symmetrical front of two bays, and a later rear wing. In the centre is a two-storey porch that has a doorway with a chamfered surround and an initialled and dated lintel, above which is a round-headed window, an owl hole, dove holes, and a coped gable with ball finials. The other windows are mullioned. Inside are timber framed partitions with wattle and daub infill. | ||
| Meadowbank Farmhouse, Hollingworth 53.4675°N -1.9907°W | A stone farmhouse with a stone-slate roof, two storeys, a single-depth plan, two bays, and a lean-to at the right. The windows are mullioned. | |||
| Barn and byre, Meadowbank Farm, Hollingworth 53.4673°N -1.9909°W | 1700 | The farm buildings were later altered and extended. They are on a projecting plinth, the earliest part is in brick, and the later parts are in stone. The roof is in stone-slate, and the buildings contain cart entries, doors, one with a dated lintel, a loft hatch with a shaped lintel, and two rows of vents. | ||
| Thorncliff Barn, Hollingworth 53.4682°N -1.9981°W | A stone tithe barn on a plinth, with quoins and a corrugated plastic roof. There are six bays, buttresses, opposing cart entries, doors, windows, a loft hatch, and two rows of vents. | |||
| Thorncliff Hall, Hollingworth 53.4667°N -1.999°W | 1702 | The house was largely remodelled and rebuilt in about 1850 by E. H. Shellard in Jacobean style. It is in stone on a projecting plinth, and has quoins, a band, and a stone-slate roof that has gables with finials. There are two storeys, seven bays, extensions to the left and a rear wing. The central three bays project under a shaped gable flanked by two similar gables. The central door has a moulded surround, a pulvinated frieze, and a scrolled pediment containing a dated cartouche. The windows are mullioned and transomed, and there is an arched stair window at the rear. | ||
| Lower Roe Cross Farmhouse, Mottram 53.4636°N -2.0198°W | 1719 | A stone farmhouse, largely rendered, with a stone-slate roof. It has two storeys, a double-depth plan, two bays, a rear wing, and a later extension to the left. The porch has a semicircular-headed opening, and most of the windows are mullioned, some with hood moulds. | ||
| Mottram Old Hall and Ivydene 53.4641°N -2.0112°W | 1727 | The oldest part is the rear wing, it is known as Ivydene, and the major part of the house was built in about 1815. Both parts are in stone and have two storeys, the earlier part has quoins, coped gables, and mullioned windows, The later part has a hipped slate roof, a projecting plinth, a band, a modillion eaves cornice, and a pediment. There is a rusticated basement, and five bays, the central three bays projecting and pedimented. The central porch is approached by opposing flights of steps, it has Tuscan columns, and the doorway has panels and a Regency fanlight. The windows are sashes, and the middle window in the upper floor has pilasters and an entablature. | ||
| Gatepiers, railings, steps and walls, St Michael and All Angels Church, Mottram 53.4541°N -2.0103°W | 1734 | The items date from different periods, the oldest being a coping stone on the parapet wall. There are two pairs of stone gate piers and an end pier, dated 1815, that are rusticated with bases and cornices, and one with an acorn finial. The gates are in decorated ironwork, and the steps have a right-angled flight. The coping stones on the churchyard walls are numbered and lettered to define the layout of the graves, the walls incorporate datestones, and there is one buttress. | ||
| Landslow Green Farmhouse 53.4725°N -2.005°W | A farmhouse, later a private house, it is in stone with a 20th-century tiled roof. There are two storeys, a double-depth plan, three bays, and a lean-to on the left. The doorway has a square-cut surround, and most of the windows are mullioned. | |||
| Minorca House, Hollingworth 53.4646°N -1.9872°W | A stone house with a stone-slate roof, two storeys, a double-depth plan, three bays, and a small lean-to extension at the rear. There is a central 20th-century porch, and most of the windows are mullioned. | |||
| Woolley Farmhouse, Hollingworth 53.4579°N -1.9898°W | 1736 | A stone farmhouse with a slate roof, two storeys, three bays, and a continuous rear outshut. Above the door is a dated lintel, the windows on the front are mullioned, and in the right gable they are sashes. | ||
| Dial House, Mottram 53.4628°N -2.0124°W | 1738 | A stone house on a projecting plinth, with quoins, an eaves cornice, and a stone-slate roof with coped gables. There are two storeys, a double-depth plan, two bays, and a single-storey rear extension. In the left gable end is a porch that has a doorway with a moulded surround and a dated and initialled lintel, and a coped gable. On the front are two 20th-century bow windows in the ground floor and two casement windows above, and on the right side is a buttress-like feature and a mullioned and transomed stair window. Inside are timber framed partitions. | ||
| 1 and 3 Pingot Lane, Broadbottom 53.4484°N -2.0032°W | 1742 | A pair of stone cottages with a stone-slate roof. They have two storeys, a single-depth plan, five bays, and a lean-to at the left. The doorways have square-cut surrounds, and the windows are mullioned. | ||
| Dial Cottage, Mottram 53.4628°N -2.0121°W | 1742 | A wing was added to the right in the 19th century, with its roof at right angles. Both parts are in stone with stone-slate roofs, two storeys, one bay each, doorways with square-cut surrounds, and mullioned windows. The original part has a projecting plinth, quoins, and an oeil-de-boeuf window. | ||
| Edge Lane House, Mottram 53.4624°N -2.0205°W | 1746 | A stone house on a projecting plinth with a stone-slate roof, two storeys, a double-depth plan, and a lean-to on the right. There is a recessed porch with a semicircular head and an initialled and dated keystone, and the windows are mullioned and transomed with stone lintels. | ||
| 4 Back Lane, Mottram 53.4569°N -2.0119°W | A stone house, later a shop, on a plinth, with a stone-slate roof. It has two storeys, a double-depth plan, and one bay. The doorway has a square-cut surround, to the left is a shop window, and in the upper floor is a sash window. | |||
| 49 Old Road and adjoining buildings, Mottram 53.4653°N -2.0212°W | A house with a cottage to the right and a barn at the rear, in stone with roofs of slate and stone-slate. The house and cottage have a projecting plinth, shaped eaves gutter brackets, two storeys, a double-depth plan, doorways with square-cut surrounds, and mullioned windows. The house has two bays, and the cottage has one. The barn has an entry with a segmental arch, a keystone, and shaped voussoirs, and above it is a window with a skew lintel and sill. | |||
| Village Stocks, Mottram 53.4558°N -2.0116°W | The stocks are in the Market Place and have been moved from Hattersley. They consist of two stone posts with grooves for foot restraints and iron fasteners. | |||
| Crown Pole, Mottram 53.4558°N -2.0116°W | 1760 | There is a circular stepped stone base, the pole having been replaced in 1902 and again in 1926. The tapering pole is in cast iron, and carries light pendants, signposts, and a weathervane. On the base is an inscription. | ||
| 1–19 Hodge Lane, Broadbottom 53.4403°N -2.0152°W | A terrace of stone houses with a stone-slate roof. They have a double depth plan, most have three storeys, the top floor being a workshop along the length of the terrace. Most cottages have one bay, doorways with square-cut surrounds, and mullioned or casement windows. No. 1 is later, it has three bays, two of which have two storeys, and the windows are sashes. | |||
| 1 Roe Cross Farm, Mottram 53.4655°N -2.0211°W | A row of three stone cottages with a stone-slate roof, two storeys, a single-depth plan, and one bay each. The doorways have square-cut surrounds, and the windows are mullioned. In the left gable are two blind semicircular arched recesses. | |||
| Crown-Pole House, Mottram 53.4556°N -2.0117°W | A stone house, later incorporating a shop, on a plinth, with a slate roof. There are two storeys, two bays, the left bay having been converted into a shop, and a rear wing. In the left bay is a shop window and a door on the corner. The main doorway has a square-cut surround and a fanlight, there are mullioned windows on the front, and sash windows on the left return. | |||
| Manor Cottages, Hollingworth 53.4649°N -1.9869°W | A pair of stone houses with stone-slate roofs. Each house has two storeys and two bays, and the house on the right is lower. The windows are mullioned. | |||
| Stamford Cottage, Mottram 53.465°N -2.0208°W | A stone house with shaped eaves gutter brackets and a stone-slate roof. There are three storeys, a double-depth plan, two bays, and a small left wing. The central doorway has a square-cut surround, and the windows on the front are mullioned. In the right gable are two mullioned and two casement windows, and the left wing has garage doors, a sash window, and a tiled roof. | |||
| Gun Inn, Hollingworth 53.4611°N -1.9964°W | 1781 | This originated as three cottages and a public house, and was extended at the rear in the 19th and 20th centuries. The original part is in stone, the extension is in brick, and the roofs are in slate and stone-slate. The former cottages have three storeys and three bays, the original public house has two storeys and two bays, and the extension has two storeys. Both original parts have mullioned windows, and in the public house are quoins, gargoyle-like features and roundels. | ||
| 19 and 21 Ashworth Lane, Mottram 53.4553°N -2.0125°W | 1790–1800 | A pair of stone houses with a stone-slate roof, three storeys, a double depth plan, and one bay each. The doorways have square-cut surrounds, and the windows are mullioned. | ||
| Mottram Congregational Church 53.4578°N -2.0123°W | 1791 | Originally a Methodist chapel, it was altered in 1836, and a wing was added to the right in 1852. It is in stone with the original part rendered, and has a slate roof. There are three bays and a rear outshut, and on the front are three round-headed windows with keystones. | ||
| 23 Ashworth Lane, Mottram 53.4552°N -2.0125°W | A stone house with a slate roof, three storeys, a double-depth plan, and one bay. The doorway has a square-cut surround, and the windows are mullioned, including a six-light workshop window in the top floor. | |||
| Ice house, Broadbottom Hall 53.4398°N -2.0094°W | The ice house is in stone and covered in earth. It has a short flight of steps between low walls leading to a doorway with a semicircular arch. Beyond this are more steps within a barrel vault. | |||
| Stone bleaching baths, Broadbottom 53.4383°N -2.0186°W | These are stone baths that were used for bleaching and dyeing, and they are terraced into the hillside. The baths are in rows about a central tunnel that is covered partly in stone slabs and partly in earth. They are at least about deep, and their walls are held by iron stays. | |||
| Sundial, Mottram 53.4542°N -2.0102°W | 1811 | The sundial is in the churchyard of St Michael's Church. It is in stone, and consists of a circular shaft with an octagonal stepped base and an octagonal cap. On the top is a dated dial and a gnomon in copper. | ||
| Arrowscroft House, Hollingworth 53.4619°N -1.99°W | A brick house on a stone plinth, with stone dressings, a band, an eaves cornice, a blocking course, and a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys, three bays, and a small wing to the rear left. The doorway has side panels, a Regency-style elliptical fanlight, and a tetrastyle Ionic canopy. The outer bays project slightly and contain sash windows with cambered brick arches and stone sills, and the central window in the upper floor also has a moulded surround. | |||
| 21 Church Brow, Mottram 53.4553°N -2.0105°W | A stone house with a 20th-century tile roof, it has two storeys, a double-depth plan, three bays, and a 20th-century extension to the right. The doorway has ¾ columns, a radial fanlight, and an open pediment, and the windows are sashes. | |||
| Harewood Lodge, Broadbottom 53.4416°N -2.0138°W | A stone house on a projecting plinth, with a sill band, a modillion eaves cornice and blocking course, and a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys, a double-depth plan, five bays, flanking wings, and a rear wing. The central three bays project, and have a modillioned pediment, a porch with Tuscan columns, and a door with a fanlight. The windows are sashes, and the window above the door has a moulded surround and a cornice. | |||
| Mottram Community Centre 53.455°N -2.0108°W | 1832 | Originally a Sunday school, later a community centre, it is in stone on a projecting plinth, with bands, an embattled parapet, and a stone-slate roof with coped gables. There are two storeys with attics, six bays, and entrances in the gable ends through embattled porches. Most of the windows are mullioned with hood moulds, and in the gables are arched windows. | ||
| Court house, Mottram 53.4559°N -2.0118°W | A carriage house with a court house above, later used for other purposes, it is in stone on a plinth, with quoins, a sill band, an eaves cornice, and a hipped slate roof. There are two storeys, one bay on the front, and three bays on the side. On the front is a doorway with a square-cut surround, a fanlight, and a keystone. Also on the front is a drinking fountain that was installed in 1888, with a Gothic canopy, a carving, and an inscribed quotation. On the left side are two blocked former carriage entries, and the windows are sashes with round heads and keystones. | |||
| Widowscroft Farmhouse, Hollingworth 53.4722°N -1.9931°W | 1837 | A farmhouse with a barn and byre all under one roof. The building is in stone and has a stone-slate roof with coped gables. The house has two storeys, a double-depth plan, three bays, and a rear wing. The central doorway has a square-cut surround and the windows are mullioned, all with hood moulds. Above the barn door is a keystone with the date and a carved stag's head, in the gable end are vents with hood moulds, and on the rear wing are ornate finials. | ||
| Haybarn and cartshed, Widowscroft Farm, Hollingworth 53.4721°N -1.9928°W | 1837 | The farm buildings are in stone and have a stone-slate roof with finials on the gables. The haybarn has three bays, and another bay above the cartshed, and there is a rear outshut. The cartshed has an entry that has stone piers with shaped capitals, and chamfered lintels. | ||
| Broadbottom Arches Railway Viaduct 53.4408°N -2.0074°W | 1842 | The viaduct was built by the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway to cross the valley of the River Etherow. It is in stone with semicircular brick arches, and parts have been widened in engineering brick. There are 19 arches, one of which is skew; the skew arch has rusticated voussoirs. The parapet has a stone band and coping. | ||
| The Elms and wall, Mottram 53.4587°N -2.0129°W | A sandstone house on a plinth, with rusticated quoins, a plain eaves frieze, a cornice, and a slate roof. There are two storeys with attics and cellars, a double-depth plan, and two bays. The door is in the left bay and has an architrave with inscribed pilasters, a rectangular fanlight, and a canopy with a triangular hood. The windows are casements. In front of the house is a stone forecourt wall with rounded tops and iron railings. It was the home of the painter L. S. Lowry. | |||
| Manor House, Mottram 53.4558°N -2.0121°W | A stone house, rendered at the rear, with moulded eaves brackets, and a stone-slate roof. It has two storeys, a double-depth plan, and four bays. The doorway has ¾ Ionic columns, an enriched entablature and a fanlight, and the windows are sashes with stone sills and wedge lintels. | |||
| The Old School, Mottram 53.4541°N -2.01°W | 1858 | The former school is in stone on a projecting plinth, with quoins and a stone-slate roof with coped gables, and is in Jacobean style. It has a T-shaped plan, one storey and a basement. The windows are mullioned, and the two main windows also have transoms. The doorway has a Tudor arched head and a chamfered surround. In the gable is an inscribed and dated panel. | ||
| School House, Mottram 53.4553°N -2.011°W | 1862 | Originally the schoolmaster's house, it is in stone, and has a stone-slate roof with coped gables. There are two storeys, a single-depth plan, and three bays. The first two bays are recessed, the eaves supported by timber posts with arch bracing. The doorway has a Tudor arch with an inscription above, the windows are mullioned, and in the right bay is a plaque with a long inscription and the date. | ||
| The Old Mortuary, Mottram 53.4545°N -2.0105°W | 1895 | The mortuary is in stone with quoins, a buttress, and a stone-slate roof. There are two storeys, one room on each floor, access at two levels, and the windows are mullioned. | ||
| War memorial, Broadbottom 53.4411°N -2.0168°W | The war memorial stands at a road junction. It is in stone, and has a rusticated base with angled buttresses. From the base rise circular columns carrying a canopy with pediments, finials, and a dome surmounted by a cross. Between the columns are the names of those lost in the war. The memorial is enclosed by iron railings. | |||
| Hollingworth War Memorial 53.4609°N -1.9969°W | 1925–26 | The war memorial is in stone, and consists of a Latin cross with a narrow relief outline, and has a tapering shaft with an octagonal moulded base. The cross stands on an octagonal pedestal on three octagonal steps, on a semicircular platform. The pedestal has a sloping moulded cap and a chamfered plinth. On the pedestal are inscriptions and the names of those lost in the two World Wars and in a subsequent conflict. The memorial stands in an enclosure partly surrounded by a wall and railings. | ||