National Westminster Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 February 1976. Bank. 8 related planning applications.
National Westminster Bank
- WRENN ID
- sheer-pewter-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
- Constituency
- Christchurch MP: Sir Christopher Chope (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 February 1976
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- National Westminster Bank, 57, 57a and 57b, High Street, BH23 1BB
- OS grid reference
- SZ 158 927
- Coordinates
- 50.73392, -1.77671
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The National Westminster Bank, located at 57, 57a, and 57b High Street, is an early 19th-century building with a stuccoed facade, wide eaves, and a slate roof. It stands three storeys tall and features a string course at the second-floor height and a plinth. The front has four unbarred sash windows, each with keystones, while the ground floor has five unbarred sash windows and a side door framed by a moulded architrave. Rusticated pilasters separate the ground floor windows, topped by a cornice. This building is part of a group that includes Nos 55, 55a, 55b, 59, 61, 63, 63a, 65, 65a, and 67, forming a cohesive architectural ensemble with Nos 52 to 72 (even) and No 76 opposite, with Nos 67 and 52 to 68 (even) opposite being of local interest.
Local climate
National Westminster Bank receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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 2024
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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