Premises Occupied by Jr Bridgeford, Estate Agents, Williams and Glyn's Bank and the Library is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Former school and house. 3 related planning applications.

Premises Occupied by Jr Bridgeford, Estate Agents, Williams and Glyn's Bank and the Library

WRENN ID
patient-hinge-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Macclesfield MP: Tim Roca (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
Former school and house
Address
Premises Occupied by Jr Bridgeford, Estate Agents, Williams and Glyn's Bank and the Library, the Village, Prestbury, SK10 4AL
OS grid reference
SJ 899 768
Coordinates
53.28856, -2.15224
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building occupied by J.R. Bridgeford, Estate Agents, Williams and Glyn's Bank, and the Library was originally a school and schoolmaster's house. The school was established in 1721, and the master's house was built in 1751, with some 20th-century alterations. The structure features washed brick with a Kerridge stone-slate roof, a stone ridge, and two brick chimneys. It has a T-shaped plan, is two stories tall, and has a five-bay front. The left three bays sit on a slight plinth and have a brick band at the first floor. There are four tall, three-light chamfered stone mullions and a studded 20th-century board door. The fourth bay projects on wooden piers and includes a large window with glazing bars. The right end bay contains two 20th-century windows and a plaque that reads, "The Gift of Charles Legh of Adlington Esq. to ye Master (for ye time being) of ye .....oming Free School at Prestbury A.D, 1751." The left gable features a plaque stating, "This School was Erected in ye year of our Lord 1721 and Endowed by Ann Whittakers Late of Prestbury who left £100 ye interest thereof for the Promotion of a Schoolmaster to teach ten of the poorest Children in the Township of Prestbury from the Primer to ye Bible at ye Discretion of the Executors and ye Overseers of the Poor of ye said Township."

Local climate

Premises Occupied by Jr Bridgeford, Estate Agents, Williams and Glyn's Bank and the Library sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,030 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% 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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