Nos. 79 and 81, DEANSGATE is a Grade II listed building in the Bolton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 February 1984. Department store. 5 related planning applications.
Nos. 79 and 81, DEANSGATE
- WRENN ID
- lone-span-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bolton
- Constituency
- Bolton North East MP: Kirith Entwistle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 February 1984
- Type
- Department store
- Address
- Nos. 79 and 81, DEANSGATE, BL1 1HQ
- OS grid reference
- SD 715 092
- Coordinates
- 53.57939, -2.4309
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 79 and 81 on Deansgate is a department store that opened on 7 November 1907, designed by architect George Crowther. The building is timber-framed, using wood salvaged from demolished buildings on Bradshawgate, and features white painted panels with a plain tiled roof.
The exterior consists of two storeys with attics, arranged in a loosely symmetrical design around a diagonal axis from the corner entrance. It has a curved corner with a circular two-storey tower above the entrance, continuous bands of mullioned and transomed windows, and a bell cast truncated conical roof that overhangs on bracketed eaves. The ground floor has been renewed throughout.
On either side of the entrance feature, there are two-storey bays with a three-light mullioned window on the first floor, leading to paired three-storey gables that jet out to the second storey and have coving at their apexes. The left-hand gable facing Deansgate features an oriel window on the first floor, while the others have long bands of mullioned lights. The upper storey has continuous fenestration across both gables, and all windows are fitted with leaded glazing. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Nos. 79 and 81, DEANSGATE 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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