Dunscar Fold is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1967. A C17 House.

Dunscar Fold

WRENN ID
twisted-entrance-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bolton
Constituency
Bolton North East MP: Kirith Entwistle (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1967
Type
House
Address
Dunscar Fold, 16, Darwen Road
OS grid reference
SD 713 138
Coordinates
53.62084, -2.4341
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dunscar Fold is a house dating from the 17th century, with a 19th-century extension to the east. It is constructed of narrow coursed stone with large quoins, while the extension features water-shot masonry. The roof is made of stone slate, and there is a coped gable with finials at the entrance end.

The south facade displays double-chamfered-mullioned windows with 4, 2, and 5 lights on the ground floor, featuring a continuous drip mould that is dropped and returned at the right-hand end and returned around the left-hand angle. The first floor has 4:2:4-light windows. A cross-axial stack is present, and the end extension has no windows. The west gable end includes a continuous drip mould, a 5-light ovolo-mullioned window on the ground floor, and a 3-light window on the first floor with a label mould. An attic window has 3 lights, with the outer lights being blind and painted to resemble small-paned glazing. The entrance features recessed reveals, while the rear shows the original entrance with quoins and later windows and an entrance. Inside, the property has chamfered beams with stepped stops.

Local climate

Dunscar Fold 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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