70, ST MARTIN'S LANE WC2 (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1974. Bank. 2 related planning applications.
70, ST MARTIN'S LANE WC2 (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-spandrel-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westminster
- Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster MP: Rachel Blake (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1974
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- 70, ST MARTIN'S LANE WC2 (See details for further address information), City of Westminster, WC2N 4JS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 300 808
- Coordinates
- 51.51163, -0.12694
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 70 St. Martin's Lane, including No. 27 Garnick Street, is a bank building located on a corner site, dating from around 1860. It is constructed of painted brick with stucco dressings and features a slate roof. The design reflects a late neo-classical style with some Italianate details. The building has three storeys and a basement, with a seven-window wide facade that curves around the corner.
The central entrance is located at the corner of the stucco ground floor, featuring a semicircular keystoned arched opening with a panelled door and fanlight. The ground floor also has plate glass windows set in semicircular arched openings, all framed by Tuscan pilasters that support an entablature with a dentil cornice.
The upper floors are adorned with stucco rusticated block dressings and have recessed sash windows without glazing bars, set within stucco architraves. The first floor features console-bracketed dentil cornices, while a console-bracketed cornice with a crowning balustrade tops the building. Wrought iron railings enclose the ground floor in front of the basement lights.
Local climate
70, ST MARTIN'S LANE WC2 (See details for further address information) 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 — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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