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Latitude: 53.5387 / 53°32'19"N
Longitude: -2.0164 / 2°0'59"W
OS Eastings: 399010
OS Northings: 404672
OS Grid: SD990046
Mapcode National: GBR GWCJ.76
Mapcode Global: WHB9D.0B30
Plus Code: 9C5VGXQM+FC
Entry Name: Wharmton Tower
Listing Date: 3 July 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1068153
English Heritage Legacy ID: 212240
ID on this website: 101068153
Location: Grasscroft, Oldham, Greater Manchester, OL4
County: Oldham
Civil Parish: Saddleworth
Built-Up Area: Uppermill
Traditional County: Yorkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Saddleworth St Chad
Church of England Diocese: Manchester
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SADDLEWORTH OLDHAM ROAD
SD 90 SE (north side)
Greenfield
5/220 Wharmton Tower
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- II
House. c.1861. By George Shaw for John Dicken Whitehead.
Ashlar with slate roof. 8 bays with 2 and 3 storeys and
conservatory to right. Gothic revival. Projecting plinth.
Gables to bays 1, 2 and 3 and castellations to bays 6 to 9
create a distinctive skyline. 3-storey projecting porch to
bay 6 with castellations, diagonal buttresses, pointed arch
doorway and glazed inner door with carved decorative
tracery. Square and canted bay windows to bays 2 and 9, bay
2 with shouldered mullion and transom windows, bay 9 with
cusped mullion and transom windows. Other ground floor
windows are 4 and 5-light shouldered head mullion windows,
and 4-light cusped pointed arch windows. Bay 1 has a
corbelled gabled first floor oriel window. Bays 2 and 3 and
bays 8 and 9 project. First floor windows are of 1, 2 and 4
lights, some with pointed arches and 2 with tracery. The
gables are coped. Gargoyles. Blind corbelled oriel to left
gable. Ridge chimney stacks with cornices. Interior includes
encaustic tiles and stained glass among other original
features.
Listing NGR: SD9901004672
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