Temple Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1974. Villa. 3 related planning applications.
Temple Bank
- WRENN ID
- riven-brick-grove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1974
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- Temple Bank, 3-7, Smedley Lane, M8 8UJ
- OS grid reference
- SD 845 008
- Coordinates
- 53.50447, -2.2346
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Temple Bank is a villa, dating from circa 1840, which has been converted into three dwellings. Number 3 is now a nursing home, and Number 7 was derelict at the time of survey. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and has a slate roof. It follows a double-depth plan and has two storeys with basements. The arrangement of windows is 2:3:2, with a gabled central section.
The villa features a plinth, a string course above the first floor, and wooden, modillioned eaves. A rectangular stone porch is centrally positioned, with pilasters, a round-headed arch, a cornice, and a balustraded parapet. A canted bay window with pilasters is on the left end, and a two-storey canted bay (damaged) is on the right. Most windows have raised sills and flat-arched heads; those in the centre retain 4-pane sashes, although much of the glazing has been altered or damaged. The roof is hipped with ridge chimneys. A doorway is located in the left return side, and a narrow, set-back wing extends from the right-hand end. The interior was not inspected.
Local climate
Temple Bank sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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 2005
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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