Bank House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1967. A C19 Bank.
Bank House
- WRENN ID
- lesser-hinge-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1967
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- Bank House, High Street, Great Bardfield
- OS grid reference
- TL 675 305
- Coordinates
- 51.94821, 0.43633
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bank House is a house that has been converted into a branch bank and retains residential use. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of plastered brick. The roof features slates arranged in a fishscale pattern at the front, while the rear is covered with plain slates and handmade red clay tiles. The building has a rectangular plan facing southeast and includes axial stacks at the left end and one room at the right end.
It stands two storeys high and has a three-window range of original sash windows, each with 16 lights. The entrance to Bank House, located on the left, features a six-panel door with a plain rectangular light above it, framed by a moulded doorcase and a shallow hood supported by scrolled brackets, accessed by four stone steps. The entrance to Barclays Bank, on the right, also has a six-panel door with a simple surround and hood, flanked by wrought iron railings on either side, and is set on five concrete steps. The rear wing of the building, which was previously listed under the same serial number, is now listed separately.
Local climate
Bank House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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