Description

1303/0/10007

BOLD
Farmhouse at former Bold Hall Estate

02-SEP-02

II

Farmhouse, formerly house associated with stable range to former Bold Hall (now demolished). Early-mid C18 with late C19 alterations and additions. Attributed to Giacomo Leoni, and built as part of the Bold Hall Estate of Peter Bold, Member of Parliament for Wigan. Red brick with painted ashlar sandstone dressings, hipped roof and ashlar stacks to front and rear roof slopes.

PLAN: Rectangular plan, enlarged by single storey C19 extensions, and probably part of a planned complex of which the adjacent former stable range (q.v.) was a principal component.

EXTERIOR: North elevation (to former stable courtyard). Symmetrical three-bay front of two storeys, rising from an ashlar plinth. Paired doorways to centre with narrow light between, and tall flanking windows. Upper floor with three windows set on narrow sill band. Window and door openings with quoined surrounds and channelled heads with integral keystones. C20 joinery throughout. Oversailing eaves cornice, and tall ashlar chimneys rising from front roof slope to either side of position of central upper floor window. South elevation (facing towards site of former hall) similarly detailed, but with advanced centre bay below pediment, and with C19 single-storey addition to right-hand side. East elevation with single ground floor window, west elevation with C20 porch to right, blocked door to left and single upper-floor window lighting staircase.

INTERIOR: Not inspected.

HISTORY: See list description for former stable range.

Forms a group with the former stable range (q.v.) to the east.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26283282

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5