Midland Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Cardiff local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 19 May 1975. House. 29 related planning applications.
Midland Bank
- WRENN ID
- twisted-buttress-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cardiff
- Constituency
- Cardiff South and Penarth MP: Stephen Doughty (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- Midland Bank, 56&58 Queen Street, Castle, CF10 2PX
- OS grid reference
- ST 184 765
- Coordinates
- 51.48186, -3.17566
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Midland Bank is a tall, single-storeyed classical building constructed of Portland stone on a granite plinth. It features three bays with giant engaged Ionic columns in the center, which are superimposed on pilasters, while the ends have pilasters as well. The building has tall rectangular windows, each topped with a circular lunette, adorned with fasces and wreaths, and includes metal glazing. There is an entablature with a balustrade and a central panel beneath a segmental pediment. The right bay features a pedimented Roman Doric doorframe.
Inside, the bank utilizes its full height, with a modern balcony at the rear. A central glazed saucer dome crowns a ribbed and panelled ceiling. The ribbed and panelled walls reflect the exterior design, featuring circular lunettes (blind on the sides and glazed at the front and rear), along with fasces and wreaths.
Local climate
Midland Bank sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,080 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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 — 2 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 29 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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