Bolton Fold Farmhouse and Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1966. Farmhouse, cottage. 1 related planning application.
Bolton Fold Farmhouse and Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stark-stronghold-sparrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton West MP: Phil Brickell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1966
- Type
- Farmhouse, cottage
- Address
- Bolton Fold Farmhouse and Cottage, Old Lane, Horwich, BL6 6QL
- OS grid reference
- SD 657 109
- Coordinates
- 53.59382, -2.51847
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building comprises two houses, dating from the late 17th century. It is constructed of dressed stone with quoins, and has a stone slate roof. The building is two storeys high and originally had two bays, with a wing projecting to the right. The first bay now functions as a cottage and features 20th-century casement windows and an entrance. The second bay has double-chamfered-mullioned windows: five lights to the ground floor, and three lights to the first floor, each with a label mould. The entrance is distinguished by its large lintel. The projecting wing features three-light mullioned windows, one on each floor, with a blocked two-light window on the first floor. Gable-end and cross-axial stacks are present. The rear of the building shows further mullioned windows and an outshut on the right-hand side. Nearby stands a much-altered barn bearing the date 1678.
Local climate
Bolton Fold Farmhouse and Cottage 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 — 7 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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