Number 5 and Attached Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Preston local planning authority area, England. Town house.

Number 5 and Attached Railings

WRENN ID
half-passage-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Preston
Constituency
Preston MP: Sir Mark Hendrick (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Town house
Address
Number 5 and Attached Railings, Bank Parade, PR1 3TA
OS grid reference
SD 542 288
Coordinates
53.75382, -2.69538
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Number 5 is a town house, now converted into flats, dating from around 1840 and has been altered over time. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone dressings and a slate roof. The building has a double-depth single-fronted plan with a back extension, standing three storeys over a basement and featuring two bays.

The exterior includes a stone plinth, a band at the first floor, a plain frieze, and a moulded cornice. The doorway, located to the left and accessed by three steps, has a semi-elliptical head made of gauged brick. It features a set-in doorcase with three-quarter columns that have stiff-leaf capitals and square abaci, topped with a moulded entablature adorned with small modillions. The door itself has round-headed panels and a plain fanlight with a Greek-key surround.

On the ground floor, there is a canted bay with a cellar window set in the plinth, 4-pane sashed glazing, and a moulded cornice with a blocking course. The upper floors each have 4-pane sashes with wedge lintels, and the second floor windows have raised sills. A chimney stack is located at the junction with No. 4 to the right. The rear of the building features a small canted bay at the ground floor, with 12-pane sashes above, and a two-storey back extension that includes a sash window with 16 panes.

The interior has not been inspected, but it is believed that the cellar connects by a tunnel under the road to a garden opposite, which is enclosed by spear railings with urn finials.

Local climate

Number 5 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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