13 Bishopsgate is a Grade I listed building in the City of London local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 January 1950. A Victorian Bank. 3 related planning applications.

13 Bishopsgate

WRENN ID
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Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
City of London
Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
4 January 1950
Type
Bank
Period
Victorian
Address
13 Bishopsgate, City and County of the City of London, EC2N 3BA
OS grid reference
TQ 330 812
Coordinates
51.51466, -0.08364
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 13 Bishopsgate is a distinguished, single-storey building constructed in 1865 by J Gibson. It is made of Portland stone and showcases a rich classical style. The building features a long frontage with an entrance at the rounded south-west corner and arched windows. Engaged Corinthian columns are arranged in pairs at each end, and there are panels of figure carving in high relief above the windows. The entablature is adorned with blocking that supports standing figures, both singly and in groups. Inside, there is a fine banking hall that is top-lit and features three domes. The walls are arcaded and have high relief panels of figures above, complemented by marble Corinthian columns arranged singly and in pairs, as well as in two groups of four at either end of the hall.

Local climate

13 Bishopsgate 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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