Former Eagley Bridge School is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1997. School. 3 related planning applications.
Former Eagley Bridge School
- WRENN ID
- fading-chalk-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton North East MP: Kirith Entwistle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 June 1997
- Type
- School
- Address
- Former Eagley Bridge School, School Street, BL7 9DS
- OS grid reference
- SD 718 132
- Coordinates
- 53.61473, -2.42698
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Eagley Bridge School, built in 1851 and extended in 1872, with 20th-century alterations and additions, was designed by Whittaker and Woodhouse, architects of Bolton, for Messrs Chadwick Bros of Eagley Mills. Constructed of coursed squared Darwen sandstone with ashlar dressings, it features coped gables and a Welsh slated roof. The building is in the Gothic Revival style.
The original building has a linear plan, with 1972 extensions consisting of advanced wings linked by a crosswing. The front elevation has steeply pitched gables projecting to the left and right, with a recessed crosswing and gabled porches set into each angle between the crosswing and the gables. Tall, stepped three-light mullioned windows are set beneath hoodmoulds in the gables. The crosswing incorporates two two-light windows. Gables to the original 1851 building are defined by wide five-light mullion and transom windows within pointed arched openings.
The interior was altered in the 20th century, but retains arch-braced tie and collar beam trusses rising from corbels below wall plate level, supported by braced queen posts. The central parts of the tie beams are of circular section, creating a resemblance to hammer beam construction.
The school replaced an earlier cottage school dating back to 1791 and its development reflects the expansion of the nearby Eagley Mills spinning and finishing complex, which provided employment for the local community. The school serves as a rare example of educational provision by a cotton manufacturing company, and remained in use until the late 20th century.
Local climate
Former Eagley Bridge School 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 — 15 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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