Former National Westminster Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 August 1951. Former bank. 2 related planning applications.
Former National Westminster Bank
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-attic-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 August 1951
- Type
- Former bank
- Address
- Former National Westminster Bank, 39 and 41, High Street, Wem, Wem Urban, SY4 5DH
- OS grid reference
- SJ 512 288
- Coordinates
- 52.85527, -2.72484
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former National Westminster Bank is a large early 19th-century red brick house located on the south side of High Street. It features a Welsh slate roof with stone coping on the gable ends, a blocking course, and a moulded cornice. The building stands three storeys tall and has a 2:1:3 bay arrangement. The sash windows include glazing bars, with the central left windows on the first and second floors framed in moulded architraves. The first floor has a fluted frieze and cornice, along with a window cill band. On the ground floor, there are two large three-light windows supported by fluted pilasters, set beneath a slightly cambered arch. The central entrance is a pilastered doorcase topped with a broken pediment on fluted brackets, featuring a traceried semi-circular fanlight and a panelled door.
Local climate
Former National Westminster Bank receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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