Former Midland Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Brighton and Hove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 August 1999. A Edwardian Bank. 9 related planning applications.
Former Midland Bank
- WRENN ID
- ruined-glass-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brighton and Hove
- Constituency
- Brighton Pavilion MP: Siân Berry (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 August 1999
- Type
- Bank
- Period
- Edwardian
- Address
- Former Midland Bank, 79 - 80, Western Road, the City of Brighton and Hove, BN1 2JA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 303 043
- Coordinates
- 50.82435, -0.15017
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former Midland Bank, built in 1905, is a bank located at 79-80 Western Road in Brighton. It is possibly designed by Thomas Bostock Whinney and constructed from Bath stone, with the roof obscured by a parapet.
The exterior features one storey with a three-window range and a double-fronted design. The rusticated front is flanked by rusticated engaged Doric antae that have fluted necking. The central entrance is also flanked by engaged Doric columns, which are fluted. The entrance itself is flat-arched and has an architrave, a fluted frieze, and a broken segmental pediment supported by consoles. The tympanum above the entrance is filled with garlands and fronds that hang from the ornamental frame of the oval window above. On either side of the entrance are flat-arched windows with architraves, a pulvinated bay-leaf frieze, and a cornice, although the original glazing is now missing. The frieze features intertwined sprays, and there is an entablature and a parapet with a balustrade situated between piers.
Inside, there are no original fittings remaining except for the coffered ceiling, which is decorated with bands of oak leaf ornament.
Local climate
Former Midland Bank receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- Related listed building consents — 9 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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