National Westminster Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1973. Bank. 11 related planning applications.
National Westminster Bank
- WRENN ID
- tattered-loft-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Folkestone and Hythe MP: Tony Vaughan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1973
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- National Westminster Bank, 73-79, High Street
- OS grid reference
- TR 162 347
- Coordinates
- 51.07168, 1.08485
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The National Westminster Bank, located at 73 to 79 High Street, was built in 1912 by Banister Fletcher & Sons. It is a two-storey building constructed of red brick, with decorative panelling. The building has a parapet and a brick cornice ornamented with modillions. The upper storey features seven sash windows, each fitted with shutters. Ten pilasters add vertical emphasis to the facade. The two stone doorcases, one at each end of the building, are distinguished by curved open pediments, blank cartouches, and festoons. The wooden doors are fitted with wrought iron grilles in a spider's web pattern. A stone plinth runs along the base of the building. The building forms a group with Nos. 67 to 79 (odd) and the Town Hall.
Local climate
National Westminster Bank receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 2 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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