Folly Approximately 114 Metres West of Arley Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. Folly.
Folly Approximately 114 Metres West of Arley Hall
- WRENN ID
- seventh-alcove-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton West MP: Phil Brickell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 August 1986
- Type
- Folly
- OS grid reference
- SD 588 107
- Coordinates
- 53.59131, -2.62374
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This folly, located approximately 114 meters west of Arley Hall, is likely from the 18th century and constructed of stone rubble. It features a small tower with angle buttresses on the lower stage and small pointed windows on the second stage. The third stage is covered in ivy, and the parapet includes small lights and corner turrets. Flanking walls are topped with an embattled parapet.
Local climate
Folly Approximately 114 Metres West of Arley Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,110 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 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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