Fold is a Grade II listed building in the Pendle local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1968. Cottages.

Fold

WRENN ID
burning-bronze-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Pendle
Constituency
Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 June 1968
Type
Cottages
Address
Fold, 3-7, Gisburn Road, Barrowford
OS grid reference
SD 862 400
Coordinates
53.85626, -2.21095
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Nos 3, 5 and 7 Fold are cottages, likely originally barns, dating from the mid-18th century. They are constructed of rubble with a stone slate roof. The building features three doorways and three windows on the ground floor, including one three-light window with stone mullions and two casement windows. On the first floor, there are three windows: one three-light and two four-light windows, all with flat stone mullions.

Local climate

Fold sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,270 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 52 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 30 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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