Bank House is a Grade II listed building in the Chorley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
Bank House
- WRENN ID
- hollow-mullion-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chorley
- Constituency
- South Ribble MP: Mr Paul Foster (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bank House, 119, Towngate, Eccleston, PR7 5QS
- OS grid reference
- SD 518 172
- Coordinates
- 53.64971, -2.72991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bank House, originally a savings bank, was built in 1849 and has since been altered. The building is constructed of coursed squared sandstone with quoins and features a low-pitched slate roof topped by a central chimney. It is a double-depth structure with three bays and two storeys, designed in a Gothic style. The facade is symmetrical, with a central doorway that has been altered into a window, featuring a moulded Tudor-arched head. On each floor, there are two windows with two pointed arched lights, all of which have their heads cut from a single block and are adorned with square hoodmoulds. In the center of the building, there is a recessed plaque that mimics the design of the door below, inscribed with "SAVINGS BANK 1849." A modern single-storey addition on the right side matches the style and materials of the original building but is not included in the listing. Bank House is part of a group with Eccleston Old School, located immediately to the south.
Local climate
Bank House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 65% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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