26, The Bank is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1973. House, shop, flat. 1 related planning application.
26, The Bank
- WRENN ID
- proud-column-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1973
- Type
- House, shop, flat
- Address
- 26, The Bank, Barnard Castle, DL12 8PQ
- OS grid reference
- NZ 050 162
- Coordinates
- 54.54134, -1.92387
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 26 The Bank is a house that has been converted into a shop and flat. It dates from the late 18th century, with a shop added in the mid-19th century. The building is constructed of coursed squared stone with ashlar dressings, and it features a roof made of thin slates with stone gable coping and a rendered chimney. The structure has three storeys and consists of a one-window range.
The full-width shop front includes steps leading up to a half-glazed door on the left, which has a high overlight above it. A six-pane shop window projects in a shallow bay, supported by slender pilasters. The entablature above the window breaks forward and features a zigzag detail on the fascia. The central windows have been updated with new glazing and have plain stone surrounds that have been altered. The roof displays right gable coping on a moulded kneeler and has a chimney at the right end. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
26, The Bank receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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 — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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