National Westminster Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Peterborough local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 May 1973. Bank. 4 related planning applications.
National Westminster Bank
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Peterborough
- Constituency
- Peterborough MP: Andrew Pakes (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 May 1973
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- National Westminster Bank, 3, Bridge Street, City of Peterborough, PE1 1HJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 192 986
- Coordinates
- 52.57231, -0.24178
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The National Westminster Bank, located at No 3 Bridge Street in Peterborough, was built in 1928-1929 by architects F C R Palmer and W F C Holden, designed in the Jacobean style reminiscent of Kirby Hall. This two-storey building with attics features ashlar stonework and a stone slate roof, which includes three hipped dormers. It has a balustraded parapet adorned with finials at the bays and moulded gable ends.
The façade showcases three windows with six lights, which are set in mullion and transom style, positioned above three round-arched windows featuring keystones. The bays are distinguished by full-height Ionic pilasters. The left section of the building has a moulded gable with a finial that contains a clock, and it is flanked by attached columns at the quoins and a broken pediment. A tall round-headed doorway is flanked by four pilasters, with a relief of a castle in a niche above and a recess displaying the bank's name. This building is notable for its handsome design and prominent location.
The National Westminster Bank, along with King's Lodging in The Precincts and No 41 Long Causeway, forms a cohesive group of buildings.
Local climate
National Westminster Bank sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 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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