National Westminster Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 June 1950. Bank. 5 related planning applications.
National Westminster Bank
- WRENN ID
- dim-rotunda-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 June 1950
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- National Westminster Bank, 54, Swain Street, Watchet, TA23 0AG
- OS grid reference
- ST 071 432
- Coordinates
- 51.18101, -3.33008
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century building, originally a double-fronted house, now occupied by the National Westminster Bank. The front is stuccoed with a slate roof, ridge tiles, and coped gables, featuring brick end chimney stacks. It has two storeys and two windows, with sashes containing glazing bars. A central, semi-circular niche contains a vase. Recessed panels are positioned above the first-floor windows. Moulded eaves cornices and quoin stones are present. A Tuscan porch has a segmental arch with a small gable above. The round-headed doorway has a traceried fanlight, and a panelled door.
Local climate
National Westminster Bank receives an average of 940 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 71% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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 — 3 transactions since 2004
- 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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