Hsbc Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1985. Bank. 11 related planning applications.
Hsbc Bank
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-timber-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Westmorland and Furness
- Constituency
- Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 January 1985
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- Hsbc Bank, 64, Highgate, Kendal, LA9 4TF
- OS grid reference
- SD 514 925
- Coordinates
- 54.32635, -2.74786
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
HSBC Bank, formerly known as Midland Bank, is a bank building constructed in 1834 by George Webster for the Bank of Westmorland, with a lion sculpture added in 1840. The building underwent internal alterations in 1912, and the railings and steps were rebuilt in 1923 and 1966. It features ashlar stonework on a rough-dressed plinth. The first-floor sill band is interrupted by pilasters at the three central bays, which support an entablature displaying the bank's name, topped by a life-size sculpture of a recumbent lion on a plinth with scrolled supporters. The building has an eaves cornice and a blocking course, along with a graduated slate roof that has corniced stepped stone end chimneys. It is two storeys high and consists of five bays arranged in a 1:3:1 pattern. The central entrance has a panelled door and a rectangular fanlight set in a pedimented architrave, approached by steps that run parallel to the front. The windows are sash style with glazing bars; the ground-floor sashes in the outer bays have shouldered Egyptian architraves, while the first-floor sashes feature architraves with bracketed cornices.
Local climate
Hsbc Bank sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,430 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 48 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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 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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