5 and 6, Sowood Fold is a Grade II listed building in the Calderdale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1983. Cottage.
5 and 6, Sowood Fold
- WRENN ID
- fossil-hammer-thrush
- 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
- 5 and 6, Sowood Fold, Stainland and District
- OS grid reference
- SE 079 182
- Coordinates
- 53.66084, -1.88058
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 5 and 6 Sowood Fold are a pair of cottages built in the late 18th century. They are constructed from thin coursed hammer-dressed stone and feature a stone slate roof. The two-storey gabled front has doorways with monolithic jambs and two thin flat-faced mullioned windows with three lights each, along with a four-light and a three-light mullioned window above. There is a single stack located at the ridge.
Local climate
5 and 6, 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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