1 Church Bank. is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 29 February 1996. House. 3 related planning applications.

1 Church Bank.

WRENN ID
eastward-lancet-sepia
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
29 February 1996
Type
House
Address
1 Church Bank., Welshpool, SY21 7DR
OS grid reference
SJ 225 076
Coordinates
52.66103, -3.14592
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

1 Church Bank is a Grade II listed building that appears to have been constructed as a single unit, with exposed timber framing at the rear of No 1 indicating a building date from the late 16th century or early 17th century. The front of the building likely dates from the late 18th century, while the former cooper's shop is probably from the early 19th century, and the workshops are from the late 19th century.

The exterior features painted brick with a slate roof, including a single gable end stack and a rear wall stack. The building has two storeys, with No 1 designed as a two-unit plan. The central doorway consists of a six-panelled door with an overlight and a shallow canopy hood above the architrave, flanked by canted bay windows of late 19th-century style, featuring four-pane sash windows. Small two-light casement windows are located just below the eaves. No 2 is a single unit plan with a doorway on the right side and a camber-headed window next to it, which has mullioned and transomed glazing. Below the eaves, there is a three-light casement window. The rear elevation shows heavy square panelled box framing.

Adjoining No 1 to the right is the former cooper's shop, which is at a lower level and constructed of rough local rubble with brick dressings, all painted. It has a slate roof, a wide doorway on the left, and a three-light workshop window to its right, both with cambered heads. There are also two small-paned iron casement windows just below the eaves. The cooper's workshops are located in a wing at the rear of the shop, consisting of single-storey sheds made of light timber framing with plank cladding.

These buildings form a group of special interest due to their vernacular character and early origins, as well as the remarkable survival of the cooper's shop and associated workshops, which together represent a historically significant and complete group.

Local climate

1 Church Bank. 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 lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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