National Bank Ltd is a Grade II listed building in the Swansea local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 30 March 1987. Bank. 10 related planning applications.
National Bank Ltd
- WRENN ID
- night-merlon-hawk
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swansea
- Constituency
- Swansea West MP: Torsten Bell (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 30 March 1987
- Type
- Bank
- Address
- National Bank Ltd, 8 Wind Street, Castle, SA1 1DF
- OS grid reference
- SS 657 929
- Coordinates
- 51.61958, -3.94037
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The National Bank Ltd is a Grade II listed building featuring a classical stucco front dating from the 19th century. The façade has two windows, end pilasters, and a dentil cornice above the second floor. There is an attic cornice and parapet with a central tablet, and the end pilasters support later 19th-century sash windows. The left panel of the main frieze is inscribed with "This is a joint pine end." The windows on the first and second floors have moulded architraves and cornices with volute brackets, while the sashes do not have glazing bars.
In around 1930, elaborate ashlar bank frontages were added in a Greek Revival style. This includes a lion mask cornice over the entablature, twin fluted columns in antis with acanthus capitals framing wide ground floor openings, and a recessed bay window treatment with metal glazing and stall risers. The cill bands feature key patterns, and the pilasters are adorned with disc ornament and elongated key patterns. The entrance has a splayed corner design with a disc architrave and bracket cornice, leading to double bronze doors.
Inside, the banking hall boasts a richly decorated ceiling with wreaths and guilloche bands, along with panelled counters and other features.
Local climate
National Bank Ltd sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,380 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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 — 4 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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