Halifax Building Society is a Grade II listed building in the North Yorkshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 June 1984. Office. 5 related planning applications.
Halifax Building Society
- WRENN ID
- strange-lantern-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Yorkshire
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 June 1984
- Type
- Office
- Address
- Halifax Building Society, Finkle Street, Thirsk, YO7 1DA
- OS grid reference
- SE 431 821
- Coordinates
- 54.23287, -1.34006
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Halifax Building Society is a former office of the Board of Guardians, now serving as Building Society premises. It was built in the early 19th century and features brown brick construction with a stucco cornice at the front. The building has a hipped Welsh slate roof and a central chimney. It is two storeys tall and consists of three bays. The wider central bay is slightly recessed and includes a single-storey square bay window, which appears to be an addition. Above this bay window is a stucco panel and a tripartite segmental arched window with glazing bars. On the ground floor, there is an entrance to the left and a window to the right, both with round heads. Above these, there are single blank arched panels on each side. At the rear, there are two 16-pane sash windows.
Local climate
Halifax Building Society receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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