National Westminster Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Brecon Beacons National Park local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 16 December 1976. Bank. 6 related planning applications.
National Westminster Bank
- WRENN ID
- silent-plinth-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Brecon Beacons National Park
- Constituency
- Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe MP: David Chadwick (LD)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 16 December 1976
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- National Westminster Bank, 27 High Street Superior, Powys, LD3 7LA
- OS grid reference
- SO 044 286
- Coordinates
- 51.94839, -3.39172
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The National Westminster Bank is a three-storey building featuring a three-bay facade made of stucco, topped with a decorative cornice. The corners of the building have long and short end quoins. The second floor has nine-pane sash windows, while the first floor has 12-pane sash windows. On the ground floor, there is an early 20th-century bathstone bank front, which includes a doorway on the left and two large windows, all framed with moulded architraves.
Local climate
National Westminster Bank sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,260 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 82% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 56 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 32 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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