National Westminster Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Watford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 January 1983. A 20th century Bank. 2 related planning applications.
National Westminster Bank
- WRENN ID
- empty-grate-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Watford
- Constituency
- Watford MP: Matt Turmaine (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 January 1983
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- National Westminster Bank, 151 and 153, the Parade, WD17 1NA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 106 968
- Coordinates
- 51.65968, -0.40169
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The National Westminster Bank, located at Nos 151 and 153 on The Parade, is a bank building dating from around 1920. It features a Portland stone front and has a formal classical design with three storeys and a pantiled attic that includes four flat dormers. The facade has three windows and is designed with a monumental appearance, highlighted by a wide central section that is treated as a two-storey height opening, supported by Ionic columns in antis and topped with a full entablature. The antæ serve as simple pier caps flanking the outer first-floor windows. Above the entablature, there is a large semi-circular opening with a giant triple keystone that extends to the eaves. The facade is slightly advanced on each side, featuring plain windows with triple keystones that rise into a raised band connecting to the central keystone. The first and second floor windows are fitted with glazing bar sashes. The central two-storey opening includes a lunette with bronze glazing bars that are set back. The ground floor has large outer doors framed in a moulded architrave with flat cornices above, supported by scrolled brackets. The entrance features panelled double doors with metal traceried fanlights, and there is a raised plinth in the centre for a night safe.
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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% 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 2017
- 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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