Athenaeum Club is a Grade II listed building in the Bury local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1985. Club. 3 related planning applications.

Athenaeum Club

WRENN ID
forbidden-crypt-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bury
Constituency
Bury North MP: Mr James Frith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 January 1985
Type
Club
Address
Athenaeum Club, Haymarket Street, BL9 0AY
OS grid reference
SD 803 106
Coordinates
53.59174, -2.29814
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Athenaeum Club was built in 1829 as the Bury Dispensary, which operated at this location until 1882. It is situated on a corner site and features symmetrical facades on both sides. The building is constructed of red brick and has two storeys. Each front has three sash windows with glazing bars, although there is no window above the arched central door facing Moss Street. Notable architectural details include a stone plinth, a first-floor sill-band, an entablature, and a pediment above the middle window on Knowsley Street, as well as an eaves cornice. The roof is covered with slate.

Local climate

Athenaeum Club 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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