Old Bank House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 July 1950. House.
Old Bank House
- WRENN ID
- hushed-wall-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- South Shropshire MP: Stuart Anderson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 July 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Bank House, Market Square, Bishop's Castle
- OS grid reference
- SO 323 890
- Coordinates
- 52.49496, -2.99763
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Bank House is a house that has been converted into flats. It dates from the mid- to late-18th century, with some alterations and an addition from the early-19th century. The building is constructed of red brick with a coursed limestone rubble plinth and features a hipped slate roof. It has a square plan and stands three storeys tall. The building has a plinth and deep eaves, with an integral stack at the front, offset to the right, a semi-integral end stack to the left, and another stack to the right at the rear.
The facade has three bays, with glazing bar sash windows that have gauged brick heads, except for the right-hand bay, which is blind. The central entrance features a 20th-century six-panelled door with an eight-part rectangular overlight, framed by a pilastered surround and consoles that support a triangular-pedimented hood.
To the north, there is a one-storey early-19th century addition made of red brick, which has deep eaves and a hipped slate roof. This addition includes a glazing bar sash window to the left and a 20th-century six-panelled door to the right, both with cement-rendered lintels.
Inside, there is an early- to mid-18th century dog-leg staircase that rises two storeys. It features an open string, shaped tread-ends, turned balusters (two per tread), a ramped moulded handrail, and fluted Corinthian columns as newel posts.
Local climate
Old Bank House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 28 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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