Number 4 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. A 19th century Town house. 1 related planning application.

Number 4 and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
ancient-kitchen-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Preston
Constituency
Preston MP: Sir Mark Hendrick (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Town house
Period
19th century
Address
Number 4 and Attached Railings, Bank Parade, PR1 3TA
OS grid reference
SD 542 288
Coordinates
53.75385, -2.69526
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a mid-19th century town house, built after 1847. It is constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. The building has a double-depth, single-fronted plan with a rear extension. It is three storeys high, plus a basement, and has two bays.

The front features a stone plinth, a moulded sill band to the first floor, a plain frieze, and a moulded cornice. The doorway, located to the right and approached by three steps, has an engaged Ionic column doorcase with an entablature and cornice, along with hollow-moulded jambs and a six-panel door with a plain overlight. A lobby door is positioned to the left, with a raised, plain surround and a board door. A two-storey canted bay window is centrally located, incorporating a cellar window in the plinth, moulded cornices to both floors, altered glazing, and small wrought-iron ornamental railings along the top. There is one window above the doorway and two windows at the second floor, all with raised sills and wedge lintels, and altered glazing. Gable chimneys are present.

The interior has not been inspected, but the cellar connects via a tunnel beneath the road to a garden opposite, which has spear railings with urn finials.

Local climate

Number 4 and Attached Railings sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,300 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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