Barclays Bank is a Grade II listed building in the South Tyneside local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1983. Bank. 1 related planning application.
Barclays Bank
- WRENN ID
- winter-moat-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Tyneside
- Constituency
- South Shields MP: Emma Lewell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1983
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- Barclays Bank, 2, Fowler Street, NE33 1DA
- OS grid reference
- NZ 364 672
- Coordinates
- 54.99857, -1.43236
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Barclays Bank, located at No 1 King Street, is a Grade II listed building designed by architect J H Morton in 1909. The structure is built of ashlar and consists of three storeys with seven bays, featuring a quadrant plan that connects King Street to Fowler Street. The ground floor is heavily rusticated and sits above a high plain plinth. The windows, central entrance, and door from Fowler Street have semi-circular hooded openings adorned with scrolled keystones. The first-floor openings are framed with architraves and alternate between triangular and segmental pediments, complemented by a continuous cill band and cast iron balconies. The second-floor windows are fitted with moulded architraves. The building is topped with an entablature featuring a modillion cornice and a balustraded parapet. Each end bay projects forward to create a pavilion effect, with Ionic pilasters that rise above the ground floor to support open pediments, each containing a cartouche in the tympanum. This building is a notable example of early 20th-century "Bankers Classical" architecture in South Shields, situated in a prominent location.
Local climate
Barclays Bank receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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