Barclays Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Cumberland local planning authority area, England. Bank.
Barclays Bank
- WRENN ID
- solitary-pavement-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cumberland
- Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington MP: Josh MacAlister (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- Barclays Bank, 26b, Lowther Street, Whitehaven
- OS grid reference
- NX 973 181
- Coordinates
- 54.54812, -3.58872
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Barclays Bank, located at 26B Lowther Street, was built in 1814. The building features a shared architectural front with its neighbor, No 27. On the ground floor, there are Ionic columns, and the shop front at No 27 includes two large round arches—one serving as a shop window and the other as a yard entry. The first floor has five and three double windows set in round arches, while the top floor has single sash windows. The building is adorned with cornice bands. Nos 26B, 27, and 28 (Pack Horse Public House) are recognized as a group for their architectural significance.
Local climate
Barclays Bank sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,580 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
- No related consent applications matched
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