Steps and Balustrade to Terrace of Thornleigh House is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1974. Balustrade and steps.
Steps and Balustrade to Terrace of Thornleigh House
- WRENN ID
- quiet-wall-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton North East MP: Kirith Entwistle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1974
- Type
- Balustrade and steps
- Address
- Steps and Balustrade to Terrace of Thornleigh House, Sharples Park
- OS grid reference
- SD 708 117
- Coordinates
- 53.60169, -2.44245
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The steps and balustrade to the garden terrace of Thornleigh House were built around 1870. They are constructed from ashlar and brick. The brick retaining walls support a stone balustrade, which features decorative balls at intervals. The balustrade runs along the south and east sides of Thornleigh House and includes flights of steps on both lengths, with curves designed to accommodate trees.
Local climate
Steps and Balustrade to Terrace of Thornleigh House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% 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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