66 Westgate is a Grade II listed building in the Wakefield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1979. Bank. 10 related planning applications.

66 Westgate

WRENN ID
woven-chamber-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wakefield
Constituency
Wakefield and Rothwell MP: Simon Lightwood (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 February 1979
Type
Bank
Address
66 Westgate, WF1 1XH
OS grid reference
SE 330 207
Coordinates
53.68246, -1.50103
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

66 Westgate is a bank building from the early 20th century, possibly designed by T B Whinney, featuring a decorative style. The structure is one and a half storeys tall and consists of five bays, characterized by giant Corinthian order fluted columns that stand on projecting plinths. These columns support an entablature adorned with a modillion cornice. Above, a tall parapet with alternating panelled and balustraded sections largely hides a high-pitched roof covered in graduated green slate.

The upper half-storey windows are framed with architraves that include feet, ears, and wheat trails, although they have modern glazing. The ground-floor windows are tall, round-arched with glazing bars and margin lights, also set within architraves featuring triple keystones that extend to the cills of the windows above. At each end of the elevation, there are pedimented double doorways framed by architraves with ears and feet, with the doors being modern replacements.

Local climate

66 Westgate receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 56% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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