3 and 4 Walsh Fold is a Grade II* listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1967. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.

3 and 4 Walsh Fold

WRENN ID
secret-screen-fog
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton North East MP: Kirith Entwistle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1967
Type
Farmhouse
Address
3 and 4 Walsh Fold, Bradshaw Road, BL7 0HW
OS grid reference
SD 739 146
Coordinates
53.62729, -2.39535
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 3 and 4 Walsh Fold is a late 17th-century farmhouse that has been converted into two houses. It is constructed of dressed stone with quoins and features a stone slate roof and brick stacks. The building is two storeys high and consists of four bays, with the end bay having a gabled roof.

The windows are double-chamfered mullioned, with the ground floor featuring 4:5:2:5-light windows, although the window in the first bay is missing two mullions. The first floor has 3:5:1:4-light windows, and the window in the third bay is a blocked round-headed light. There is an entrance with a 20th-century glazed porch located between the first and second bays, as well as an entrance to the end bay. The building has a cross-axial stack, and the right return includes a blocked round-headed light and two 2-light windows on the first floor, along with two brick lateral stacks.

At the rear, there is a later outshut with a swept cat-slide roof that partially obscures an earlier window, along with a mullioned window and a later entrance in the first bay. The interior features chamfered beams and a bressumer above a former fireplace, as well as timber-framed partitions. The roof structure includes collar trusses, and part of the interior has been inspected.

Local climate

3 and 4 Walsh 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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