The National Westminster Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1972. Town house. 5 related planning applications.
The National Westminster Bank
- WRENN ID
- idle-slate-soot
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cornwall
- Constituency
- St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1972
- Type
- Town house
- Address
- The National Westminster Bank, 29, Meneage Street, Helston, TR13 8AZ
- OS grid reference
- SW 660 273
- Coordinates
- 50.10016, -5.27336
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-18th century town house, located in Meneage Street, Helston. The front is stuccoed, featuring a plinth, rusticated quoins, and eared architraves with guttae. The roof is slate, with two wide 20th-century dormers, and brick end stacks. A modillion eaves cornice and cast-iron ogee gutters grace the roofline. The building has a deep plan and a symmetrical 5-window facade. The windows are 20th-century twelve-pane horned sashes. A central doorway, with pilasters, consoles, a moulded architrave, and a six-panel door, completes the facade. The interior remains uninspected.
Local climate
The National Westminster Bank receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 1 follows at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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 — 7 transactions since 2003
- 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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