653-661 Blackburn Road is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1974. Terrace of cottages.
653-661 Blackburn Road
- WRENN ID
- silent-cupola-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton North East MP: Kirith Entwistle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1974
- Type
- Terrace of cottages
- Address
- 653-661 Blackburn Road, BL1 7AB
- OS grid reference
- SD 714 119
- Coordinates
- 53.60362, -2.4325
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a terrace of five cottages located at 653-661 Blackburn Road, dating from around 1840. The cottages are constructed from roughly coursed and squared stone and feature a slate roof that is hipped to the left.
The exterior consists of two storeys with a five-window range, including a canted corner at Ramsay Street and a single window return. Each cottage is a single-unit, double-pile plan dwelling, with doorways framed by round arched architraves that have simple imposts and keystones, particularly noticeable at the canted angle of No. 653. The windows have been renewed but remain in their original openings, complete with wedge lintels. Notably, the wider window at No. 653 suggests that it may have originally served as a shop. The terrace features four ridge chimneys and a gable chimney on the right side.
The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
653-661 Blackburn Road 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 8 transactions since 1995
- No related consent applications matched
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