Barclay's Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Cheshire East local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Bank. 7 related planning applications.

Barclay's Bank

WRENN ID
scattered-buttress-rush
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cheshire East
Constituency
Tatton MP: Esther McVey (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
Bank
Address
Barclay's Bank, London Road, Alderley Edge, SK9 7JS
OS grid reference
SJ 843 783
Coordinates
53.30165, -2.23639
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Barclay's Bank, built in 1904 by Percy Worthington for the Union Bank, is a bank building in the Jacobean style. It features a combination of partly ashlar buff sandstone and red brick, with a stone-slate roof and stone ridge. The building has a symmetrical three-bay front that rises three stories. The end bays are highlighted by curving bay windows, which include 5-light mullioned and transomed windows on the first two stories and a 4-light mullioned and transomed window in stone-coped gables that are ornately finialled.

In the center, there is a semi-circular headed doorcase with ovolo moulding, displaying the company arms and motto beneath a pediment. Just below the eaves, decorative lead guttering and the date are visible. A carved stone bracket supporting a clock is located on the corner of West Street. The West Street elevation also consists of three stories, featuring a triple stuccoed gable, each containing a bowed oriel adorned with blue and cream terracotta work. The ground floor has mullioned and transomed windows, while the first floor has mullioned windows.

The interior originally included a banking hall, which has since been removed, and the upper floor was initially designed to serve as the manager's flat.

Local climate

Barclay's Bank 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
  • Related listed building consents — 7 applications
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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