Lower Fold Farmhouse and attached barn is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 December 1984. Farmhouse, barn. 1 related planning application.

Lower Fold Farmhouse and attached barn

WRENN ID
second-marble-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Calderdale
Constituency
Calder Valley MP: Josh Fenton-Glynn (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 December 1984
Type
Farmhouse, barn
Address
Lower Fold Farmhouse and attached barn, Edge Lane, Heptonstall, HX7 7PG
OS grid reference
SD 951 295
Coordinates
53.76192, -2.07441
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lower Fold Farmhouse and the attached barn are a mid-18th century laithe-house, with the roof raised and an additional cell added to the house in the early to mid-19th century. The building is constructed of hammer-dressed stone and has a stone slate roof. The northeast front is mostly from the 19th century. The barn on the left features a semi-circular arched cart entry with a simple Venetian window above it. To the left of the barn's arch is an earlier segmental arched doorway leading to the mistal at a lower level. To the right of the barn arch, there is a 19th-century doorway with tie-stone jambs and two other similar doorways paired together, along with square windows that have plain stone surrounds. The southwest front has quoins that mark the join with the added cell, which includes a former five-light stepped window with a taller central light (missing two mullions), and a window of three square lights, as well as one of two lights with a flat-faced mullioned window above that has two and five lights (three solid). The barn to the right exhibits earlier stonework above the cart entry, which features a monolithic lintel and a broad chamfered surround. Inside, the barn consists of three bays with a softwood queen-post roof and three stacks at the ridge.

Local climate

Lower Fold Farmhouse and attached barn sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,170 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% 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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