National Westminster Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1983. Bank. 1 related planning application.
National Westminster Bank
- WRENN ID
- eastward-bailey-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 October 1983
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- National Westminster Bank, Market Cross, Sturminster Newton, DT10 1BY
- OS grid reference
- ST 786 140
- Coordinates
- 50.92557, -2.30551
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The National Westminster Bank is a bank building from the late 19th century located on the west side of Market Cross in Sturminster Newton. It is constructed of brick in Flemish bond with ashlar dressings and has a slate roof featuring a brick stack on the left. The building has two storeys and an attic, with a total of five bays.
On the ground floor, there are sash windows without glazing bars set under segmental arches that have keystones. These windows have plain surrounds and cills. The central entrance door is topped with a pediment that displays a coat of arms, supported by scrolled brackets extending from a Doric entablature held up by Doric columns. The door also features a large fanlight beneath a segmental arch with a keystone.
The first-floor windows are sashes with glazing bars only around the margins and have plain surrounds with keystones. Wrought iron rails are present on the cills of these windows. The roof has three dormers, each with segmental pediments and 6-pane sashes set in moulded frames. The gables are shaped, adorned with stone copings and ball finials.
Local climate
National Westminster Bank receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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