Union Buildings is a Grade II listed building in the Bury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 March 1975. A 1874 Commercial. 4 related planning applications.
Union Buildings
- WRENN ID
- lunar-sandstone-lake
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bury
- Constituency
- Bury North MP: Mr James Frith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 March 1975
- Type
- Commercial
- Address
- Union Buildings, 1, the Rock, BL9 0JP
- OS grid reference
- SD 804 108
- Coordinates
- 53.59393, -2.29651
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Union Buildings, dated 1874, are a Neo-medieval style structure located on a corner site. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and features mock timbering with plastered infill, particularly noticeable on the upper stages. It stands four storeys tall, with a gable front consisting of three bays and a left-hand return front with five bays.
The windows vary in style: those on the ground floor have straight heads, while the first floor features obtusely pointed heads with ornamental sill-grilles. The second floor has pointed heads with drip moulds, and the top floor includes multiple mullioned lights alongside small four-light roundels. Notably, the central window on the first floor is a rectangular oriel, and the return front has two oriel windows on the second and third floors.
The return front also showcases elaborate carving above a bi-partite entry, which incorporates a dated coat of arms and is topped by a roundel under a gabled canopy with pierced bargeboards supported by corbels. A circular corner chimney rises from a foliate capital on a shaft that extends towards the ground. The building is capped with a steep tiled roof.
Local climate
Union Buildings 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 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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