20, Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Blackburn with Darwen local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1974. Shop. 7 related planning applications.

20, Church Street

WRENN ID
lesser-bastion-sage
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Blackburn with Darwen
Constituency
Blackburn MP: Mr Adnan Hussain (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 April 1974
Type
Shop
Address
20, Church Street, BB1 5AL
OS grid reference
SD 682 280
Coordinates
53.74765, -2.4826
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 20 Church Street is a building dating from around 1840, designed in a classical style. It is constructed of stone and has two storeys, featuring corner pilasters, a cornice, and a panelled parapet. The ground floor contains a shop, while the upper floor has two sash windows set in moulded frames. The building has a square plan. It is part of a group that includes Cathedral Gateway, Nos. 20, 28, 30, and 36, as well as railings, piers, lampholders, and a statue, all of which contribute to the character of the Boulevard and the Cathedral Church of St Mary.

Local climate

20, Church Street sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,200 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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