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. 16 related planning applications.
National Westminster Bank
- WRENN ID
- swift-wattle-briar
- 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, 1, Prince's Street Ec2, City and County of the City of London, EC2R 8BP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 326 811
- Coordinates
- 51.5136, -0.08944
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The National Westminster Bank, located at 1 Prince's Street, was built in 1929 by Sir Edwin Cooper. This classical stone building stands five storeys tall with two attics, the upper one being recessed. It features a high channelled base adorned with a Doric frieze and cornice. The façade includes large round-headed vermiculated openings with prominent scrolled keystones and rectangular niches that house statues. Above the cornice, there is a mezzanine level. The building has channelled antae on each of the five storeys, with recessed five-bay centres flanked by giant detached Corinthian columns, topped with a bracketed cornice. The plain attic storey has a simple parapet, while the high recessed upper attic showcases a band of swag decoration and simple coping. At the corner of Prince's Street and Mansion House Street, there is a statuary group of five figures. Additionally, at the corner of St Mildred's Court, there is a City Corporation plaque commemorating Mrs. Elizabeth Fry, a prison reformer who lived there from 1800 to 1809.
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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- Related listed building consents — 16 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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