Barrowdene House is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1974. Institute, laundry, dwelling. 2 related planning applications.
Barrowdene House
- WRENN ID
- gentle-iron-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton West MP: Phil Brickell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1974
- Type
- Institute, laundry, dwelling
- Address
- Barrowdene House, Bazley Street, BL1 7NE
- OS grid reference
- SD 688 115
- Coordinates
- 53.59937, -2.4717
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Barrowdene House is a village institute dating to 1846. Originally built as an institute and library, it has subsequently been used as a laundry and is now subdivided into dwellings. Constructed in ashlar, the building has an eleven-window front arranged as two bays, a central seven-window section, and two bays on either side. Shallow, pedimented wings project from the centre of each return, originally serving as entrances. The first floor is the principal storey, featuring tall round-arched windows, and rectangular windows below (some now enlarged as doorways). All windows are set within moulded stone architraves. The building has a moulded stone cornice and pedimented gables, with the upper gable being embattled. The educational institute and library was built by Thomas Bazley for the model village of Barrow Bridge, which was established around 1830 to house workers at the nearby Dean mills. The village provided housing for approximately 300 workers, along with a canteen, bakery, baths, and a co-operative shop. The interior of the building has not been inspected.
Local climate
Barrowdene House 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 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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 — 42 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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