National Westminster Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. Bank. 11 related planning applications.
National Westminster Bank
- WRENN ID
- grey-ledge-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- National Westminster Bank, 2, the Pavement, St. Ives
- OS grid reference
- TL 313 712
- Coordinates
- 52.32377, -0.07353
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a bank, built between 1910 and 1912 by Cheston and Perkins for the London County and Westminster Bank. It was constructed by Saint and Son. The building is of English bond red brick with a gable-ended roof hidden behind a rendered parapet. Brick stacks are situated at the gable ends, topped with moulded stone caps.
The building is in a Queen Anne-Neo Georgian style and is three storeys high, with a four-bay front. It features moulded brick bands and a moulded brick dentil cornice with a rendered fascia to the parapet. The base is of rusticated brick, with rubbed brick window arches and moulded stone cills. The first and second floors have 12-pane sash windows with original louvred shutters, with the first-floor windows being taller. The ground floor has three large 18-pane sashes, the bottom three panes of which have been combined into one.
The main entrance is on the right, featuring a large semi-circular coved canopy supported by console brackets and panelled pilasters, with fielded panel double doors and a rectangular overlight. A narrower doorway on the left, leading to accommodation for a resident clerk above, has a rubbed brick round arch above an entablature which cuts across the base of the arch. A moulded six-fielded panel door is situated underneath, finishing with an overlight. The interior has not been inspected.
The bank was initially built as a London County and Westminster Bank in 1910, following the bank's acquisition of the London and Country Bank, which had been operating in St Ives since 1844.
Local climate
National Westminster Bank sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% 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 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 6 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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