Olde Bank House is a Grade II listed building in the Forest of Dean local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 January 1985. House, shop.
Olde Bank House
- WRENN ID
- sacred-rampart-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Forest of Dean
- Constituency
- Forest of Dean MP: Matt Bishop (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 January 1985
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- Olde Bank House, High Street, Newnham
- OS grid reference
- SO 690 116
- Coordinates
- 51.80296, -2.45003
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Olde Bank House is a 17th-century dwelling and shop, identified on maps as Bank House. It features a rendered and ashlared timber framework with a Welsh slate roof. The building has twin gables facing the street and deep projections at the back. It stands three storeys tall and has three windows, with a central window located under the gable valley. The shop front and door are modern, as is the plank door in a moulded surround with a flat hood supported by consoles. The first floor has three sash windows, while the second floor has two sash windows, all without bars and set under segmental heads. There are string courses, including one at the apex of the gable, which mark the horizontal timbers.
Local climate
Olde Bank House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2022
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