Bolton Hall Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 April 1967. Farmhouse.

Bolton Hall Farmhouse

WRENN ID
salt-panel-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chorley
Constituency
Chorley MP: Sir Lindsay Hoyle (Spk)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 April 1967
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Bolton Hall Farmhouse, Long Barn Brow, Hoghton
OS grid reference
SD 624 276
Coordinates
53.74376, -2.57103
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bolton Hall Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates from the late 17th century. It is constructed of coursed squared stone with quoins and features a graduated stone slate roof. The building has a double-depth, two-bay plan and stands two storeys high with a symmetrical design, including gable chimneys.

The central entrance is a single-storey gabled porch with a side door and a single-light window in the front gable wall. On the first floor, there are two deeply-recessed, chamfered mullion three-light windows, with another three-light window at ground level to the right. A small square fire window is located near the right corner, and to the left of the porch is a formerly mullioned three-light window that has been altered to a casement. The left gable wall features one 19th-century window on each floor, including the attic.

At the rear, there is a central doorway, a four-light window to the right, and two three-light windows on the first floor. There is also a mono-pitch roofed extension at ground level of the second bay, which covers another window; all these windows are similar to those at the front.

Inside, the farmhouse has an unusual double-depth plan with very thick stone internal partition walls. Stone corbels support beams that have bead moulding, likely replacing the original features. The building is noted for its unique combination of an advanced double-depth plan and a symmetrical facade, alongside a conservative window style typically found in early 17th-century architecture.

Local climate

Bolton Hall Farmhouse sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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