The Old Bank House is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 November 1954. House. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Bank House

WRENN ID
turning-chamber-saffron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 November 1954
Type
House
Address
The Old Bank House, Station Road, Elmswell, IP30 9HD
OS grid reference
TL 990 640
Coordinates
52.23843, 0.91429
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Bank House is a house from the early 16th century, featuring two storeys with attics and a three-cell cross-entry plan. It has a timber-framed and plastered exterior, with 19th-century herringbone pargetting. The first floor has a long-wall jettied design along the front, where most of the framing is concealed, but some chamfered brackets and shafts with moulded capitals can be seen beneath the jetty. The roof is covered with plain tiles and includes an early 17th-century axial chimney made of red brick, which has four moulded octagonal shafts. There is a second similar chimney located internally on the left-hand gable, with both chimneys having their shafts rebuilt in the 19th century. The house features late 19th-century small-pane three-light casements, with those on the ground floor including transoms. The doorway is positioned at the cross-entry and features a 17th-century 12-panelled oak door, which may be a 19th-century copy. The interior has not been examined, but it is likely to contain notable 16th-century features.

Local climate

The Old Bank House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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