The Old Bank of England is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 June 1972. Bank. 8 related planning applications.
The Old Bank of England
- WRENN ID
- fossil-courtyard-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 June 1972
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- The Old Bank of England, 194, Fleet Street Ec4, City of Westminster, EC4A 2LT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 311 811
- Coordinates
- 51.51393, -0.11146
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Bank of England, located at 194 Fleet Street, is a Grade II listed building designed by Sir Arthur Blomfield in 1886. This striking Italianate corner building features a basement made of rough-hewn grey granite, with Portland stone above. The ground floor showcases a row of engaged Doric columns, while the two upper stories are adorned with Ionic columns. The windows are framed by red granite columns, with those on the ground floor designed in a Venetian style. The building has corner pavilions topped with a bracketed eaves cornice, and a balustrade crowns the main structure. Notable ironwork decorates the entrance in the west pavilion. Additionally, there is a small, lower wing at the rear in Bell Yard.
Local climate
The Old Bank of England 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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