Site Event/Activity record ECH6011 - Heritage Assessment. 97 Buttermarket Street, Warrington

Heritage Assessment of a Grade II listed building in support of a proposed conversion fo the building into apartments. Originally bank premises and subsequently offices, the building has been disused for several years. Conclusion fo the assessment is that 97 Buttermarket Street is of high heritage value in the national context, and locally to Warrington, principally for its intrinsic architectural and historic interest as a good example of an early 19th century bank with many surviving historic features including an elegant stair hall and large committee room. This significance lies overwhelmingly in the original 1850s building, while the 1950s additions make a low contribution to its significance. The present building appears to date from the 1850s, not 1829-30 as the listing text states However an earlier bank stood upon the site by 1849 as the 1849 Warrington Town Plan shows: this may have been built in 1829-30 as the site was vacant on the 1826 manorial survey map.