Former Nat West Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 April 1972. Bank. 9 related planning applications.
Former Nat West Bank
- WRENN ID
- twisted-storey-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 April 1972
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- Former Nat West Bank, Market Place, Stowmarket, IP14 1YY
- OS grid reference
- TM 048 586
- Coordinates
- 52.18775, 0.99584
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former Nat West Bank, originally listed as the National Westminster Bank, is a building from the mid-19th century located on the east side of Market Place in Stowmarket. It is constructed of brick with an ashlar front, featuring a ground floor that was altered around 1930. The building has a slate roof and stands two storeys high, divided into three bays.
On the ground floor, there are three four-light cross casements, with the northernmost window adapted as an entrance. Between the windows, there are rusticated stone blocks adorned with shields that bear the monogram of the National Provincial Bank. The first floor has three 20th-century French windows that open onto wrought-iron balconies, which are separated by Ionic pilasters that rise to a moulded parapet. The roof is hipped and topped with a cupola.
Inside, the former bank features an open-plan layout that reflects late 20th-century design.
Local climate
Former Nat West Bank sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 9 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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