Former National Westminster Bank and Nat West Bank House and Cobbled Paving is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. Bank, house. 2 related planning applications.

Former National Westminster Bank and Nat West Bank House and Cobbled Paving

WRENN ID
bitter-pinnacle-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1970
Type
Bank, house
Address
Former National Westminster Bank and Nat West Bank House and Cobbled Paving, the Square, Lower Allithwaite, LA11 6QB
OS grid reference
SD 378 787
Coordinates
54.20076, -2.95449
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

This is a mid- to late-18th century former bank and house. It’s built of roughcast stone with a slate roof. The building has two storeys and four bays. A decorative top frieze features paterae, and a modillioned cornice runs along the top. The windows are sash windows with single glazing bars. The entrance has flat pilasters, an entablature, and a pediment, leading to a six-fielded-panel door and an overlight with glazing bars. There's a wide entry to the fourth bay. A cross-axial chimney stack is located at one end. Cobbled paving exists at the front of the building.

Local climate

Former National Westminster Bank and Nat West Bank House and Cobbled Paving sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 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 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 6 transactions since 2006
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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