Bower Attached to West Boundary Wall of Grounds of Sunnyside is a Grade II listed building in the Rossendale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1984. Bower.

Bower Attached to West Boundary Wall of Grounds of Sunnyside

WRENN ID
silent-foundation-thrush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rossendale
Constituency
Rossendale and Darwen MP: Andy MacNae (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1984
Type
Bower
OS grid reference
SD 808 251
Coordinates
53.72254, -2.29169
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The structure is a bower attached to the west boundary wall of the grounds of Sunnyside, likely built in the late 18th century. It measures approximately 3 metres wide and 1 metre deep, constructed from dry-jointed flat sandstone. The bower features a stone bench along the rear wall, with a square nog-hole on each side. Near the top of the rear wall, there is a square datestone with raised lettering that reads "GREGORI. CHARLES 1691," complemented by a simple hoodmould and a cornice above the datestone. This bower is a notable feature in the area, similar to the datestone found at Ewood Hall in Haslingden, which bears the initials of Charles Gregory.

Local climate

Bower Attached to West Boundary Wall of Grounds of Sunnyside 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 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 33 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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