The Bank Tavern is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1977. Tavern. 3 related planning applications.

The Bank Tavern

WRENN ID
noble-bronze-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 May 1977
Type
Tavern
Address
The Bank Tavern, Main Street, Keswick, Cumberland, CA12 5DS
OS grid reference
NY 265 235
Coordinates
54.60136, -3.13853
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Bank Tavern is an 18th-century building located on Main Street in Keswick. It features a roughcast exterior and an old slate roof, which is complemented by two dormers. The structure has two low storeys. The entrance consists of a panelled door set within a moulded stone doorcase that has a label above it. On the ground floor, there are three 16-paned sash windows, while the upper floor has four sash windows, all of which are fitted with louvred external shutters.

Local climate

The Bank Tavern sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,400 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 61 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 98% of listed buildings. Of these, 36 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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