Area Railings at No 68 Old Bank House is a Grade II listed building in the New Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 December 1953. Bank house. 6 related planning applications.
Area Railings at No 68 Old Bank House
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-crypt-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- New Forest
- Constituency
- New Forest West MP: Sir Desmond Swayne (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 December 1953
- Type
- Bank house
- Address
- Area Railings at No 68 Old Bank House, High Street, Lymington and Pennington, SO41 9AL
- OS grid reference
- SZ 322 954
- Coordinates
- 50.75792, -1.5442
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The area railings at No 68 Old Bank House date from the early 19th century and are made of iron with spearhead finials. The building itself is stuccoed and features fluted engaged columns that flank the ground floor, which is set on advanced brick piers topped with a deep entablature. Above this, there are three pilasters leading to the eaves cornice and parapet. The structure consists of three storeys and a basement, with two sash windows that have glazing bars. The first-floor windows are set in moulded architrave surrounds with cornices above. The doorway includes a rectangular fanlight and a door with six moulded panels, also framed by a fluted architrave surround. The Parish Church forms a group with its wall, gates, and piers, the War Memorial, and Nos 63 to 68, which are consecutive.
Local climate
Area Railings at No 68 Old Bank House receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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