Bank Hall

Bank Hall is a house built in the mid-19th century, specifically between 1872 and 1874, designed by W.E. Nesfield for Henry Renshaw of Manchester. The building features rusticated ashlar and coursed squared gritstone with gritstone dressings and quoins. It has a hipped slate roof with bracketed overhanging eaves, leaded ridges, and iron finials on the roofs of the bay windows. The house has stone side walls and ridge stacks with moulded tops and is two storeys high.

Inside, the Nesfield-designed interior includes a square oak-panelled room with a large canted bay window facing east. The ceiling is elaborately plastered with geometric ribbing and floral insets, one of which is inscribed 'HCR 1872'. There are four original chandeliers made of cut glass bowls suspended by six chains, connected to the bowls by six brass scroll brackets.

To the north, there is a central Tudor-style fireplace adorned with original geometric design tiles. The mantlepiece is supported by elaborate moulding featuring six small plaques carved with beasts or flowers, and there is a panelled overmantle also carved with floral panels. Above this is an arcaded shelf with small golden shells placed centrally on the top of the arcade. The ceiling features a coved, ribbed cornice.

To the west, there is a central oak dresser set into the panelling, with a canted central cupboard below that has carved doors, and four drawers above. Shelving and a coved section are situated above, and the cornice is decorated with medallions carved with flowers. The original metalwork throughout the house remains intact.

On either side of the dresser, there are panelled doors. The bay window features fine botanical painted glass, and there are canvas panels above dado height on the south and east sides, which were formerly painted by Armstrong and Caldecott.

The south elevation of the house showcases a central Venetian doorcase flanked by columns beside double glazed doors, with voussoirs decorated with floral motifs set in a rusticated ashlar surround. On either side, there are full-height canted bay windows with plain sashes on three sides, and above is a continuous stringcourse. An elaborate stone balcony rests over the door, supported by fluted brackets, with a plain sash behind it featuring a moulded architrave, and bay windows on either side mirror those below.