No. 40 Boar Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Leeds local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1970. Bank, cafe and bar. 12 related planning applications.
No. 40 Boar Lane
- WRENN ID
- muffled-rood-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leeds
- Constituency
- Leeds South MP: Hilary Benn (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1970
- Type
- Bank, cafe and bar
- Address
- No. 40 Boar Lane, LS1 5DA
- OS grid reference
- SE 299 333
- Coordinates
- 53.79593, -1.54674
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 40 Boar Lane is a bank building, now functioning as a cafe and bar, constructed in 1899 and altered in the 20th century. It was designed by W.W. Gwyther for the Yorkshire District Banking Company. The building features ashlar stonework and a copper-covered dome topped with a railing, situated on a prominent corner site between Boar Lane and Bishopgate Street, with the entrance facing City Square.
The structure has one principal storey and includes a pedimented doorway with decorative acroteria at the corners, flanked by three tall windows set in moulded architraves with keyblocks, pulvinated friezes, and pediments. A giant order of engaged Corinthian fluted columns supports an entablature, which is topped by a parapet adorned with statues and urns. Above the door and windows, there are carved coats of arms of Yorkshire cities displayed in moulded rectangular panels.
Inside, the entrance leads into a large circular room featuring wall pilasters, a moulded cornice, and an elaborate glazed dome with painted and stained glass. The interior was replanned and refitted in the late 20th century.
Local climate
No. 40 Boar Lane receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 12 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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