National Westminster Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Portsmouth local planning authority area, England. Bank. 5 related planning applications.
National Westminster Bank
- WRENN ID
- twisted-finial-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Portsmouth
- Constituency
- Portsmouth South MP: Stephen Morgan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- National Westminster Bank, 17, the Hard, City of Portsmouth, PO1 3DT
- OS grid reference
- SU 630 002
- Coordinates
- 50.79809, -1.10624
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a bank, built in 1876. It is constructed of ashlar and has a concealed roof with stone corniced stacks positioned on the line of the flanking pilasters. The building is three stories high and has four bays. The design is Italianate in style.
The bays are divided on each floor by Doric rusticated pilasters, with wider pilasters flanking them. On the left side, two stone steps lead up to a two-leaf, four-panelled door, accompanied by a transom and fanlight. To the right are three tall round-headed windows, each set under a round arch with panelled spandrels and diamond faceted keystones. These windows also have panelled stone aprons, a frieze, and a cornice. A sill band is present at the first floor level. Four sash windows are set within moulded architraves featuring console keystones, a dentil cornice. Another sill band at the second floor level breaks over the pilasters. Four sash windows are set in plain architraves with keystones, a frieze and a cornice. The building features a panelled main frieze and projecting moulded eaves with modillions. The interior remains unexamined.
Local climate
National Westminster Bank receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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