Laurel Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Lancaster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 November 1983. House. 4 related planning applications.
Laurel Bank
- WRENN ID
- ragged-moat-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lancaster
- Constituency
- Morecambe and Lunesdale MP: Lizzi Collinge (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 November 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Laurel Bank, Yealand Road, the Yealands, LA5 9SG
- OS grid reference
- SD 503 743
- Coordinates
- 54.16255, -2.76233
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Laurel Bank is a house built in the late 18th century, with alterations made in the late 19th century. It is constructed from coursed watershot rubble with sandstone dressings and has a slate roof. The building features a symmetrical double-pile plan, gable stacks, and chamfered quoins. It stands two storeys high with an attic and has three bays. The windows are sashed with glazing bars and are set in plain stone surrounds. The door also has a plain stone surround and is complemented by a wooden porch with decorated bargeboards. A moulded cornice of cement render adds detail to the exterior. The left-hand gable is rendered and features details in cement render, along with a canted bay window towards the rear. A glass conservatory is attached to the south side of the house.
Local climate
Laurel Bank sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,440 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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 EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1998
- 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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