Former County Court is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1974. County court. 1 related planning application.
Former County Court
- WRENN ID
- tenth-lintel-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden MP: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1974
- Type
- County court
- Address
- Former County Court, Mawdsley Street, BL1 1LF
- OS grid reference
- SD 717 091
- Coordinates
- 53.57789, -2.42855
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former County Court, located on Mawdsley Street in Bolton, was built between 1866 and 1869. It has since been used as benefit offices and, as of 1996, a public house and restaurant. The building is constructed of ashlar stone, with a rusticated ground floor and a slate roof.
It stands two storeys tall and features a ten-window range. There are entrances on each side, with paired panelled and studded doors set in stressed architraves. The building's twelve-pane iron-framed windows also have similar architraves, and all openings display the initials 'V.R.' superimposed on foliate key-stones. The upper windows are round arched and adorned with balustrading, while Corinthian capitals sit atop engaged shafts that support scallop moulded arches. A modillion eaves cornice adds to the decorative elements. The rear elevation is made of brick and includes round arched windows on the first floor, which illuminate the courtroom. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Former County Court 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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