Former National Westminster Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Medway local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1991. Bank. 11 related planning applications.

Former National Westminster Bank

WRENN ID
drifting-granite-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Medway
Constituency
Rochester and Strood MP: Lauren Edwards (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1991
Type
Bank
Address
Former National Westminster Bank, 40, High Street, Rochester, ME1 1LJ
OS grid reference
TQ 742 686
Coordinates
51.39027, 0.50308
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Former National Westminster Bank is a bank building from the late 19th century, designed in the Free Renaissance style. It is constructed of finely pointed red brick with stone dressings made of white limestone and yellow sandstone. The building stands three storeys tall and features an almost symmetrical three-window arrangement. It has quoins and an open parapet adorned with bulbous balusters.

On the second floor, the windows are arranged in a 1:2:1 pattern, round-headed, and flanked by composite pilasters with panelled aprons. The pediments of these windows break into the parapet, with the central segmental pediment displaying the bank's initials and floral relief. The first floor windows are arranged in a 2:3:2 pattern, featuring heavy surrounds, with the central oriel window corbelled out on a large console bracket, all beneath a panelled cornice.

The ground floor includes three windows and a right-hand entrance, all with shouldered arches supported by Corinthian pilasters and a panelled plinth. There is a shaped stone stack on the left-hand side, while the right-hand stack has been rebuilt in brick. The extension of the bank to the right, known as No 38, is not included in this listing. The site was previously occupied by a Grade III building that has since been demolished.

Local climate

Former National Westminster Bank 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2017
  • Related listed building consents — 11 applications
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  • Flood risk assessment
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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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