Lower Fold is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1983. A Late C18 or early C19 Farmhouse.

Lower Fold

WRENN ID
tenth-cloister-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bradford
Constituency
Bradford South MP: Judith Cummins (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 August 1983
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Lower Fold, 45, Lower Wyke Lane Bd12
OS grid reference
SE 153 261
Coordinates
53.73127, -1.76851
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Fold is a late 18th century or early 19th century rebuild of a 17th century farmhouse. The building is two storeys high, constructed of sandstone "brick" with a stone slate roof and features flanking chimneys with cornices. It has two windows set in squared surrounds and a modern stone gabled porch. At the rear, there is a single storey wing made of gritstone, which has massive quoins. This property is included for its group value.

Local climate

Lower Fold sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 980 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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