Union Bank Chambers is a Grade II listed building in the Croydon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1973. A Victorian Bank.

Union Bank Chambers

WRENN ID
lunar-step-mint
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Croydon
Constituency
Croydon West MP: Sarah Jones (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 November 1973
Type
Bank
Period
Victorian
Address
Union Bank Chambers, 21, Katharine Street
OS grid reference
TQ 323 653
Coordinates
51.37216, -0.09985
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Union Bank Chambers, located at 21 Katharine Street, was built in 1893. This building has three and a half storeys and an attic, featuring two bays that are articulated differently. It is constructed of red brick, with the ground floor and dressings made of ashlar. The eastern bay has a rusticated ground floor with a rectangular doorway set in a semi-circular headed arch. The mezzanine and second floor windows are framed within a brick panel topped with an ashlar entablature. The attic resembles a squat tower, with ashlar pilasters between each window light and a hipped roof. The western bay includes first and second floor windows adorned with ashlar cornices, while the attic windows are partly set in the wall and partly in the roof space, featuring pilasters and a pediment.

Local climate

Union Bank Chambers sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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