Premises Occupied by Coral Racing Ltd is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1974. Office. 3 related planning applications.
Premises Occupied by Coral Racing Ltd
- WRENN ID
- fallen-footing-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton South and Walkden MP: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1974
- Type
- Office
- Address
- Premises Occupied by Coral Racing Ltd, Victoria Square, 1, Newport Street, BL1 1NE
- OS grid reference
- SD 716 091
- Coordinates
- 53.57785, -2.42924
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building occupied by Coral Racing Ltd is located in Victoria Square, Bolton. It was constructed between 1825 and 1829 by the architect Lane and originally served as an exchange and library. The structure is made of ashlar stone and features a slate roof.
The exterior consists of two storeys topped with a high entablature decorated with laurel wreaths. It has a five-window range, with the outer bays slightly projecting. On either side of the central bay are giant Ionic columns, and the central entrance is framed by a moulded architrave with a flat entablature, although the doorway itself has been renewed. The windows are 15-pane sashes, with carved emblems such as wreaths and serpents above them. The building has three-window pedimented returns, with a central entrance in the right-hand gable, and end wall stacks that are partially hidden by pedimented gables.
The interior was not inspected. Historically, the building was designed to accommodate the Exchange and a newsroom, with the upper room functioning as a 'Church and King' library until 1847. Bolton Corporation took over the library in 1853, and by 1871, the Exchange ceased operations, leading the Corporation to use the ground floor as a library and museum of Natural History. The architect responsible for these changes was Benjamin Hick.
Local climate
Premises Occupied by Coral Racing Ltd sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,120 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 27 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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- Radon risk assessment
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