The Old Penny Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 August 1986. Bank.
The Old Penny Bank
- WRENN ID
- grim-stair-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 August 1986
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- The Old Penny Bank, Burgess Street, Leominster, HR6 8DE
- OS grid reference
- SO 494 590
- Coordinates
- 52.22763, -2.74089
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Penny Bank is a building that dates back to around 1870 and is now used as offices. Originally a penny bank, it is a rare example of one of the earliest working-class savings institutions. The building is constructed of brick and features a hipped Welsh slate roof with shallow pitches. There is a central brick ridge stack that has been altered in the 20th century, with mouldings to the corbelled band.
The structure is T-shaped and consists of a single storey with a two-window range. The windows are paired two-light casements with elliptical heads, set beneath moulded stucco architraves on pilasters. The corners of the building are accentuated by brick corner-pilasters with corbelled eaves. The returned sides of the building have 20th-century casements set in stucco panels.
Entrances are located at the angles of the wings, featuring six-panel doors beneath gauged brick flat arches. These doors are set in open porches, which have single arches at the front and paired arches on the sides, topped with a cornice. The gables of the wings have twin two-light casements, with bands and additional 20th-century two-light casements above, along with corner pilasters. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Old Penny Bank receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 2020
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