1 and 2, Sowood Fold is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
1 and 2, Sowood Fold
- WRENN ID
- tenth-bastion-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Calderdale
- Constituency
- Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 1 and 2, Sowood Fold, Stainland and District, HX4 9JP
- OS grid reference
- SE 079 182
- Coordinates
- 53.66074, -1.88078
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 1 and 2 Sowood Fold form a pair of cottages dating to the late 18th century. They are constructed of hammer-dressed stone with a stone slate roof. Each cottage is two storeys high. The ground floor features a doorway with monolithic jambs, and a three-light flat-faced mullioned window with an overlapping lintel and sill. Above the door is a single-light window similarly detailed.
Local climate
1 and 2, Sowood Fold sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 14 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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