Bold is a civil parish in St Helens, Merseyside, England. It contains six buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings, all of which are listed at Grade II. This grade is the lowest of the three gradings given to listed buildings and is applied to "buildings of national importance and special interest".[1]
The parish is rural. It contained the country houses of Bold Old Hall and Bold Hall, on different sites, both of which have been demolished. All the listed buildings were associated with these houses, and consist of a farmhouse, stables, a walled garden, a bridge over a moat, and a pair of gate piers.
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| Bridge, Bold Old Hall 53°24′28″N 2°41′25″W / 53.40774°N 2.69023°W |
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Early 18th century | The bridge crosses a former moat. It was designed by Giacomo Leoni, it is in stone, and consists of a simple single arch.[2][3] |
| Gate piers, Bold Old Hall 53°24′28″N 2°41′26″W / 53.40783°N 2.69069°W |
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Early 18th century | The stone gate piers were designed by Giacomo Leoni. They are rusticated, with recessed corners and projecting cornices.[2][4] |
| Farmhouse, Bold Hall 53°25′05″N 2°41′18″W / 53.41814°N 2.68830°W |
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Early to mid 18th century | Designed by Giacomo Leoni, the house is in brick with sandstone dressings, and has a hipped roof. It has two storeys and a symmetrical three-bay front. The house has a rectangular plan, with a later single-storey rear wing. In the centre of the front are paired entrances, and at the rear of the house is a projecting central bay with a pediment.[2][5] |
| Stables, Bold Hall 53°25′06″N 2°41′17″W / 53.41828°N 2.68800°W |
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Early to mid 18th century | The former stables were designed by Giacomo Leoni. The east front is in sandstone, and the rest is in brick with stone dressings; the roof is slated. The building has a linear plan, is in a single storey, and has a symmetrical front of eight bays. The central entrance is in three bays, with Doric pilasters, and a pediment. The windows are sashes.[2][6] |
| Bold Bridge 53°23′59″N 2°43′05″W / 53.39972°N 2.71804°W |
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1832 | The bridge was designed by Charles Blacker Vignoles, and was built to carry the Liverpool to Warrington turnpike (later the A57 road) over the now closed St Helens and Runcorn Gap Railway. It is in stone, and consists of five arches. The central arch is the largest, it is skewed and spans the former railway line; the other smaller arches have been blocked. The arches all have banded rustication, impost bands, shaped voussoirs, and prominent keystones. There is a low parapet with rounded copings, and panelled pedestals.[7] |
| Walled garden, Bold Hall 53°25′08″N 2°41′20″W / 53.41895°N 2.68881°W |
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c. 1844 | The walls encircle a rectangular enclosure. They are in brick, with sandstone copings, gate surrounds, and lintels. The main entrance is an archway on the south side; it has rusticated quoins and voussoirs.[8] |
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- Historic England, "Bridge at Bold Old Hall (1253234)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2014
- Historic England, "Gate piers at Bold Old Hall (1253233)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2014
- Historic England, "Farmhouse at former Bold Hall Estate (1031890)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2014
- Historic England, "Farm outbuilding, formerly stables, at former Bold Hall Estate (1031889)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2014
- Historic England, "Bold Bridge (1432249)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 April 2016
- Historic England, "Walled Garden adjoining site of former Bold Hall (1391236)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 30 October 2014
- Historic England, Listed Buildings, retrieved 30 March 2015
- Pollard, Richard; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2006), Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 0-300-10910-5