Listed Building record MDR15017 - Bank Hall, Bank Hall Drive, Chapel en le Frith

Bank Hall, Bank Hall Drive, Chapel en le Frith, a mid-19th century building. 'In the mid-1870s a new dining room was added to Bank Hall, the home of Manchester merchant Henry Renshaw. Stained glass, paintings, tiles, plasterwork and pannelling combined were included in the resulting room. The main feature was a series of paintings set into the pannelling to designed to give the impression of looking into a Romanesque garden, painted by Thomas Armstrong and Randolph Caldecott and installed in 1875. In October 1980, the paintings were removed from the house and sold at Sotheby's, Belgravia.' (1) From the National Heritage List for England: 'SK 07 NE TOWN OF CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH BANK HALL DRIVE 6/2 (South Side) 25.10.51 Bank Hall GV II House. Mid C19. One room of 1872-4 by WE Nesfield for Henry Renshaw of Manchester. Rusticated ashlar and coursed squared gritstone with gritstone dressings and quoins. Hipped slate roof with bracketed overhanging eaves. Leaded ridges and iron finials to bay window roofs. Stone side wall and ridge stacks with moulded tops. Two storeys. Nesfield interior - square, oak panelled, room with large canted bay window to east. Elaborately plastered ceiling, geometric ribbing with floral insets, one inscribed 'HCR 1872'. Four original chandeliers with cut glass bowl hung by six chains, connected to bowl by six brass scroll brackets. To north, central Tudor- style fire place with original geometric design tiles. Mantlepiece over, supported by elaborate mouldingwith six small plaques, each carved with beasts or flowers. Panelled overmantle, also carved with floral panels. Above arcaded shelf with small centrally placed golden shells on arcade top. Coved, ribbed cornice to ceiling, over. To west, central oak dresser set into panelling. Canted central cupboard below with carved doors. Four drawers above. Shelving and coved section over. Cornice has medallions, carved with flowers. All original metalwork intact. To either side of dresser, panelled doors. Bay window has fine botanical painted glass. Canvas panels above dado height to south and east, formerly with painted panels by Armstrong and Caldecott. South elevation of house - central Venetian doorcase with columns either side of double glazed doors. Voussoirs decorated with floral motifs. Set in rusticated ashlar surround. To either side, full height canted bay window with plain sashes on three sides. Above, continuous stringcourse. Over door elaborate stone balcony on, fluted brackets plain sash behind with moulded architrave. Bay windows either side, as below. Listing NGR: SK0508978800.' (2)