Wardle is a village in the

Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale The Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester in North West England. It is named after its largest town, Rochdale, The borough covers other outlying towns and villages with a population of 206,500 at the ...

Greater Manchester Greater Manchester is a metropolitan county and combined authority area in North West England, with a population of 2.8 million; comprising ten metropolitan boroughs: Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Tam ...

, England, and it is unparished. The village, together with the nearby settlement of Smallbridge and the surrounding countryside, contains 27

listed buildings In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

that are recorded in the

National Heritage List for England The National Heritage List for England (NHLE) is England's official database of protected heritage assets. It includes details of all English listed buildings, scheduled monuments, register of historic parks and gardens, protected shipwrecks, a ...

. All the listed buildings are designated at Grade II, the lowest of the three grades, which is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest". The area is largely rural and agricultural, although the textile industry came to the town as a result of the

Industrial Revolution The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in Great Britain, continental Europe, and the United States, that occurred during the period from around 1760 to about 1820–1840. This transition included going f ...

. Included in the listed buildings are houses containing multi-light

mullion A mullion is a vertical element that forms a division between units of a window or screen, or is used decoratively. It is also often used as a division between double doors. When dividing adjacent window units its primary purpose is a rigid supp ...

ed weavers' windows, and a mill. Most of the listed buildings are houses and associated structures, farmhouses and farm buildings. The other listed buildings include churches, a public house, a bridge and two war memorials. __NOTOC__

Buildings

References

Citations

Sources

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wardle, Greater Manchester Lists of listed buildings in Greater Manchester Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale