National Westminster Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Fenland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1983. Bank. 3 related planning applications.
National Westminster Bank
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-truss-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Fenland
- Constituency
- North East Cambridgeshire MP: Steve Barclay (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1983
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- National Westminster Bank, 1, Corn Hill, Wisbech
- OS grid reference
- TF 460 096
- Coordinates
- 52.6653, 0.15759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The National Westminster Bank, located at No. 1 Corn Hill in Wisbech, was built in 1853 and designed by architect John Gibson. Originally known as the National Provincial Bank, this building features yellow gault brick with stone dressings and a rusticated first floor. It has a slate roof and stands three storeys tall with attics, displaying three symmetrical bays. The roof is topped with a parapet balcony that has stone copings, and the quoins are adorned with ball finials.
A deep stone cornice with modillions, a cill band at the second floor, and a plain stone plinth enhance the building's façade. The second floor has three six-paned hung sash windows, while the first floor features three twelve-paned hung sash windows set in eared architraves with pulvinated friezes and deep cornices. A pierced stone balcony spans the three bays.
On the ground floor, two hung sash windows with rusticated architraves flank a central Roman Doric doorcase, which includes double doors and a round-headed fanlight with glazing bars.
Local climate
National Westminster Bank sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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