The Fold is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. Cottage.

The Fold

WRENN ID
gentle-sill-barley
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Yorkshire
Constituency
Skipton and Ripon MP: Sir Julian Smith (Con)
Country
England
Type
Cottage
Address
The Fold, Halton East
OS grid reference
SE 044 538
Coordinates
53.98109, -1.93426
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Fold is a former single house that has been converted into two cottages. It dates back to 1704 and has undergone some alterations in the 20th century. The building is constructed of slobbered squared rubble with stone dressings and features a stone slate roof. It stands two storeys high and has three bays.

The left-hand bay is set back and includes a 20th-century entrance with a plank door. On the ground floor of this bay, there is a 4-light double chamfered mullioned window with a hoodmould above it. The upper floor features a 3-light double chamfered mullioned window. The left-hand gable end has a kneeler and a ridge stack.

To the right, there are two additional bays. The right-hand entrance has a chamfered surround and a basket arch inscribed with "K W G," along with a 20th-century door. To the left of this entrance is another ground floor 4-light double chamfered mullioned window with a hoodmould. The upper floor has two 3-light double chamfered mullioned windows. All the windows are fitted with 2-pane casements and fixed lights, and there is a ridge stack located to the right of centre.

Local climate

The Fold sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,050 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 50 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 92% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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