English Heritage and Rochdale Borough Council are currently considering the HSBC Rochdale, 2 Yorkshire Street, Rochdale (NGR: 389633, 4134397) for addition to the statutory List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. The owners, HSBC, have therefore asked Wessex Archaeology to provide an assessment of whether, in our opinion, the building can be deemed to satisfy the criteria for designation. Findings of the subsequent assessment deemed it likely to satisfy the criteria for statutory listing.