Midland Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Northumberland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1951. Bank.
Midland Bank
- WRENN ID
- buried-copper-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Northumberland
- Constituency
- Hexham MP: Joe Morris (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1951
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- Midland Bank, Cattle Market, Hexham
- OS grid reference
- NY 936 639
- Coordinates
- 54.97016, -2.10072
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Midland Bank, built in 1897 by G. C. Oliver of Carlisle, is a Grade II listed building located on the north side of Cattle Market at the end of Fore Street. It has an irregular plan and stands three storeys tall, featuring an apsidal shape facing Fore Street and a gable-ended front towards Cattle Market. The building has complex elevations, with the Cattle Market front showcasing raised surrounds to the ground floor windows, which are adorned with architraves and segmental pediments. The first and second floor windows are divided by strips and topped with strapwork. The first floor features round-headed casement windows, while the second floor has two-light casement windows.
At the top, the gable is capped with a semi-circular pediment that includes a tablet with three small lights beneath it. The east corner of the building features a five-sided, three-light oriel window with bands of red sandstone above an ornate doorway, which has been converted into a window. A pepperpot dome is also present. The west corner mirrors the east with another five-sided, three-light window and sandstone bands, along with pediments over the windows. There is a former doorcase with a decorative lintel and a panelled chimney to the left. The sides of the building taper down to a two-storey semi-circular front on Fore Street, which has overhanging eaves and a carved frieze in red sandstone depicting sovereigns, shillings, and pennies.
The Midland Bank is part of a group of buildings that includes No 2 (Lloyds Bank) and No 4 (Barclays Bank), as well as Priestpopple.
Local climate
Midland Bank receives an average of 920 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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