Abbots Bank is a Grade II* listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 April 1951. A Georgian Bank.
Abbots Bank
- WRENN ID
- lone-cobalt-azure
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Penrith and Solway MP: Markus Campbell-Savours (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 April 1951
- Type
- Bank
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Abbots Bank, Friargate, Penrith
- OS grid reference
- NY 518 301
- Coordinates
- 54.66426, -2.74859
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abbots Bank is an 1820 building located on Friargate, constructed with scored stucco over stone, featuring quoins, a cornice, a parapet, and a slate roof. It is two storeys high and includes a stone band. The main entrance consists of a six-panelled door with a semi-circular fanlight that has glazing bars, all set beneath a Tuscan portico supported by two stone columns, with a frieze and cornice above. On the ground floor, there are two 16-paned sash windows, and three more on the upper floor, all within plain stone architraves. The left side of the building has a round-headed attic window. At the rear, there are four 16-paned sash windows and a round-headed staircase window in the center.
Local climate
Abbots Bank sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,180 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 58 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 35 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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