Wolstenholme Fold Farmhouse and Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Rochdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1985. A C17 Farmhouse, barn.
Wolstenholme Fold Farmhouse and Barn
- WRENN ID
- quiet-rotunda-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rochdale
- Constituency
- Heywood and Middleton North MP: Mrs Elsie Blundell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse, barn
- Address
- Wolstenholme Fold Farmhouse and Barn, OL11 5UD
- OS grid reference
- SD 854 143
- Coordinates
- 53.62563, -2.22139
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wolstenholme Fold Farmhouse and Barn is a late 17th century farmhouse with an adjoining barn, which is dated 1721 on the keystone. The buildings are constructed of dressed stone and feature slate roofs. The farmhouse has a two-storey, two-unit plan, with the barn attached at the rear left corner, positioned at right angles to the farmhouse. There is a single-storey wing added to the right and a lean-to on the left gable.
All the mullioned windows in the farmhouse are three-light, with the ground floor windows being single chamfered. The entrance door is located to the left and features square-cut monolithic jambs and a lintel. The rear elevation includes two three-light mullioned windows, as well as a two-light window with semi-circular heads and a hoodmould. The barn has a large semi-circular square-cut opening with a keystone, and 20th-century windows have been added to either side.
Local climate
Wolstenholme Fold Farmhouse and Barn 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 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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