Building at Former Arcon Engineering approximately 40 metres north east of Wallsuches House is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 August 1986. Factory. 1 related planning application.

Building at Former Arcon Engineering approximately 40 metres north east of Wallsuches House

WRENN ID
little-gateway-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton West MP: Phil Brickell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 August 1986
Type
Factory
Address
Building at Former Arcon Engineering approximately 40 metres north east of Wallsuches House, BL6 6TT
OS grid reference
SD 653 118
Coordinates
53.60189, -2.52567
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This former factory building, located approximately 40 meters northeast of Wallsuches House, dates from the late 18th century and was built for the Wallsuches Bleach Works. It is constructed of dressed stone with quoins and features a slate roof. The building is two stories high and consists of seven bays, with the sixth and seventh bays projecting and currently roofless. The windows have narrow lintels and casements, with the first-floor windows featuring small panes; one ground-floor window is blocked. There are large round-headed archways in the second and sixth/seventh bays. An octagonal-faced clock is situated in the gabled dormer between the second and third bays. The Wallsuches Bleach Works, established in 1775, was one of the first chemical bleach works in the country, making this building a rare and early example of its kind.

Local climate

Building at Former Arcon Engineering approximately 40 metres north east of Wallsuches 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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