The Bank House is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 November 1950. House.

The Bank House

WRENN ID
knotted-cornice-onyx
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
West Dorset MP: Edward Morello (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 November 1950
Type
House
Address
The Bank House, Long Street, Sherborne, DT9 3BU
OS grid reference
ST 639 165
Coordinates
50.94698, -2.51444
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bank House is an 18th century, two-storey building located on Long Street. It features a five-window ashlar front with a moulded cornice supported by brackets and a slate roof. The stone doorway is adorned with half-round Tuscan pilasters, an entablature that includes triglyphs and paterae, and a pediment. There are small recesses for scrapers on either side of the doorway. The sash windows have flush frames and glazing bars, and the rainwater heads are decorated with angels' heads. The Bank House is part of a group that includes premises occupied by Mr. Pearson, Rose Cottage, the former Castle Hotel, The National Westminster Bank, Old Bank House, and Abbot's Litten, as well as a timber-framed structure behind No. 87 Cheap Street.

Local climate

The Bank House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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