Boat House at South End of Fish Pond at Bolesworth Castle is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire West and Chester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1988. Boat house.

Boat House at South End of Fish Pond at Bolesworth Castle

WRENN ID
buried-lead-plum
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire West and Chester
Constituency
Chester South and Eddisbury MP: Aphra Brandreth (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 February 1988
Type
Boat house
Address
Boat House at South End of Fish Pond at Bolesworth Castle, Bolesworth Lane, Broxton
OS grid reference
SJ 491 559
Coordinates
53.09816, -2.76068
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Boat House at the south end of the fish pond at Bolesworth Castle is a mid-19th century structure built for the Bolesworth Castle Estate. It is constructed from ashlar sandstone. The facade features a chamfered, Tudor-arched opening that is flanked by buttresses and has a head-carved keystone. Below the embattled parapet, there is a rounded band, and the structure is adorned with turrets that are decorated by blind cruciform loops and topped with turreted caps. The building has not been fully inspected.

Local climate

Boat House at South End of Fish Pond at Bolesworth Castle receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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