Old Bank House is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 December 1959. House.
Old Bank House
- WRENN ID
- worn-lintel-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 December 1959
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Bank House, Broad Street, Redenhall with Harleston
- OS grid reference
- TM 246 833
- Coordinates
- 52.40216, 1.30048
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Bank House is a 17th century building with a 16th century front, located on Broad Street in Harleston. The exterior features a roughcast front and a steep black glazed pantile roof with gable ends. The house has two storeys and an attic, with four windows on the first floor and six ground floor windows, all of which are sash windows with glazing bars.
On the right side, there is a prominent Doric doorcase with fluted pilasters and an entablature that includes triglyphs. It has a moulded architrave, a rectangular fanlight with bars, and wide panelled double doors. The left-hand doorcase has a moulded architrave and cornice, a rectangular fanlight, and a fielded panel door with reveals. There are also three modern flat-roofed dormers with casements that have glazing bars.
At the rear, the house has plastered four gables, with the south end featuring a three-light ovolo moulded mullion window. Inside, there are panelled front window shutters.
Local climate
Old 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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