National Westminster Bank is a Grade II listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 November 1977. Bank. 8 related planning applications.

National Westminster Bank

WRENN ID
shifting-steeple-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 November 1977
Type
Bank
Address
National Westminster Bank, 133 and 134, Aldersgate Street Ec1, City and County of the City of London, EC1A 4JA
OS grid reference
TQ 320 818
Coordinates
51.52042, -0.0977
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The National Westminster Bank, located at 133 and 134 Aldersgate Street, is a late 19th-century building featuring three storeys and an attic. It showcases a style rich in Italianate detail, constructed from stone. The ground floor is marked by attached Doric columns on pedestals and a splayed corner with a round-headed door. Above, there is a semi-circular stone balcony with a shell soffit. The first-floor windows are adorned with entablatures supported by attached Ionic columns, while the second-floor windows feature segmental pediments on Corinthian pilasters. The building also has balustraded balconies on console brackets, a carved frieze, and a bracketed cornice, culminating in a balustraded parapet and inset stone dormers with triangular pediments. The roof is a slated mansard style.

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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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