Midland Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1971. Bank. 8 related planning applications.
Midland Bank
- WRENN ID
- scarred-string-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1971
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- Midland Bank, 2, Castle Street, Eye, IP23 7AN
- OS grid reference
- TM 144 737
- Coordinates
- 52.32011, 1.14573
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Midland Bank is a bank building constructed around 1920, located on Castle Street in Eye. It features a brick facade faced with sandstone and has a slate roof, designed in a classical style. The building is single storey and occupies a corner site, showcasing an arched and moulded entrance door at the splayed corner, with jambs that have palmette relief carving.
To the east, there are two bays, and to the north, there are four bays, each with arched windows that have margin glazing, framed by Roman Doric engaged columns that stand on a continuous plinth. The building is adorned with a plain architrave, a mutulated cornice, and a parapet balustrade. Above the doorway is a centerpiece in the form of a blank panel, framed with carved inverted consoles that rise to a segmental capping cornice. The roof is hipped.
Inside, the banking hall retains its original timber counter, which is enhanced with eared fielded panels and scrolled consoles. The rear wall features plank dado panelling, which is separated from the counter by a timber partition screen fitted with drawers.
Local climate
Midland Bank sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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