8 and 9, Firwood Fold is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1974. House. 1 related planning application.
8 and 9, Firwood Fold
- WRENN ID
- floating-chapel-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton North East MP: Kirith Entwistle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- 8 and 9, Firwood Fold, BL2 3AG
- OS grid reference
- SD 732 111
- Coordinates
- 53.59591, -2.40628
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of houses located in Bolton, largely dating from the 18th century but incorporating elements of an earlier building. No.9 is constructed of roughly coursed and squared stone, while No.8 is brick. The front elevation of No.8 prominently displays two exposed cruck blades raised on stone plinths, positioned on either side of the entrance. The roof is slate covered with timber-clad verges.
The houses are two storeys high, each comprising a single unit arranged in a double-pile plan with the entrance on the right-hand side. No.9 has a three-light window with re-cut mullions on the ground floor and a similar window above. No.8 features a three-light casement window on the ground floor and two-light horizontally sliding sash windows on the first floor, both with small panes of iron. The houses have end walls and axial stacks. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
8 and 9, Firwood Fold 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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