1 and 2, The Fold is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 February 1989. House. 2 related planning applications.
1 and 2, The Fold
- WRENN ID
- mired-window-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 February 1989
- Type
- House
- Address
- 1 and 2, The Fold, Lower Holker, LA11 7PA
- OS grid reference
- SD 362 764
- Coordinates
- 54.18026, -2.97822
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Two houses, probably dating from the 18th century, located in Lower Holker. The construction is roughcast stone with a slate roof. The houses are two storeys high and three bays wide, with the first bay forming the separate dwelling at No. 1. The windows are sash windows with glazing bars and horns. The entrance to the first bay has a glazed door. The entrance between the second and third bays features a flat, bracketed canopy and a six-fielded-panel door with two glazed panels. A gable-end stack and a cross-axial stack are present. The rear of the properties includes a long gabled wing. Group value derives from the buildings' contribution to the wider historic vernacular landscape.
Local climate
1 and 2, The Fold sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 5 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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