National Westminster Bank is a Grade II listed building in the County Durham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1973. Bank. 5 related planning applications.
National Westminster Bank
- WRENN ID
- ancient-corbel-ivory
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- County Durham
- Constituency
- Bishop Auckland MP: Dr Sam Rushworth (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1973
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- National Westminster Bank, 28, Market Place, Barnard Castle, DL12 8NB
- OS grid reference
- NZ 050 164
- Coordinates
- 54.54328, -1.92403
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The National Westminster Bank, formerly known as the National Provincial Bank, is a bank building located in Barnard Castle, dating from around 1890. It is constructed of ashlar stone with a plinth and raised quoins, topped with a Welsh slate roof featuring slate-hung dormers. The building has two storeys and a five-window range.
On the ground floor, there is a central round-headed door with vermiculated rustication and stepped high voussoirs. To the left of the door, there are two round-headed windows, which have been renewed, also featuring similar rustication. To the right, a projecting square bay has rusticated quoins and two pairs of plain windows. A continuous dentilled cornice runs along the ground floor.
The first floor is marked by projecting quoins and features four-pane sash windows set within architraves. Above, there is a dentilled eaves entablature with a modillioned gutter cornice. The roof includes three gabled dormers, each with four-pane sashes, pilasters, and pediments, connected by a blocking course. The left parapet pier connects to an adjacent parapet, while the right gable has stone coping. The building is finished with corniced end chimneys. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
National Westminster Bank receives an average of 950 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 54 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 34 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 2020
- 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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