The Bar House is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 May 1991. Toll house, shop. 1 related planning application.
The Bar House
- WRENN ID
- secret-groin-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds North West MP: Katie White (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 May 1991
- Type
- Toll house, shop
- Address
- The Bar House, Old Pool Bank, LS21 1EW
- OS grid reference
- SE 237 443
- Coordinates
- 53.89478, -1.63998
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Former toll house, now a shop. Constructed around 1780 and altered in the 20th century, it originally served the Leeds to Skipton Turnpike. The building is of coursed dressed stone with a slate hipped roof. It is a single storey in height. The west front features a single sash window with glazing bars to the left, and a 20th-century glazed door to the right. The lintel above the door is large and painted, extending to cover a blocked window on its left. The canted south front has a central blind front with flanking sides, each containing a 20th-century casement window. A single-storey lean-to addition is located at the rear.
Local climate
The Bar House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% 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 — 2 transactions 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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