Bradford College Bolton Royd is a Grade II listed building in the Bradford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1983. Villa. 3 related planning applications.
Bradford College Bolton Royd
- WRENN ID
- buried-cloister-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bradford
- Constituency
- Bradford West MP: Naz Shah (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1983
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- Bradford College Bolton Royd, 288, Manningham Lane Bd8, BD8 7BB
- OS grid reference
- SE 155 346
- Coordinates
- 53.80777, -1.76541
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bradford College, Bolton Royd, is a substantial villa built around 1850-1855, set back from the road within its grounds. It features debased Greek Revival detailing and stands two storeys tall with a five-bay front. The exterior is constructed of ashlar and includes sill bands, a frieze, a cornice, and a blocking course. The hipped slate roof is complemented by corniced chimneys. The front façade is flanked by full-height rectangular bay windows with pilasters, and the ground floor features a Doric entablature. The first floor has two-light windows with ashlar lintels that are decorated with an anthemion pattern. An elaborate wrought iron balcony sits above a porch supported by Greek Doric columns. There is also a later two-storey north wing that has a very steep mansard roof. Inside, the staircase is adorned with delicate cast iron bannisters featuring an anthemion pattern. This villa is an early example of the development of Manningham as a fashionable suburb.
Local climate
Bradford College Bolton Royd sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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