The Midland Bank, and attached iron railings is a Grade II listed building in the Monmouthshire local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 1 April 1974. Bank, flats. 2 related planning applications.
The Midland Bank, and attached iron railings
- WRENN ID
- tired-tin-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Monmouthshire
- Constituency
- Monmouthshire MP: Catherine Fookes (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 1 April 1974
- Type
- Bank, flats
- Address
- The Midland Bank, and attached iron railings, 2 Twyn Square, Usk, NP15 1BH
- OS grid reference
- SO 377 009
- Coordinates
- 51.7037, -2.90252
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The Midland Bank is a grand former later Georgian townhouse that has been converted into a bank and flats. It features roughcast render with stucco dressings and a hipped slate roof with tall brick lateral stacks. The building stands three storeys high with a cellar, showcasing a symmetrical frontage. It has a five-window range, with 9-pane sash windows on the top floor and 12-pane sash windows below. The design includes a platband, quoin strips, and a deep plinth.
The central doorway is framed by a square-headed doorcase with an entablature and a round-arched entrance that includes a fanlight with radiating glazing bars, leading to a 20th-century glazed door. The side elevation facing Castle Parade features a 4-window range of 12-pane sashes.
In front, there is a small enclosure formed by tall railings with thistle finials set on a rendered plinth. The gates have been reused to create returns to the main entrance, and the railings are connected to a swept side-wall on the left. The ground floor has been completely refurbished for use as a bank, while the two upper floors have been converted into flats, with no known survival of historic features.
Local climate
The Midland Bank, and attached iron railings receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 66% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 1 transaction since 2016
- 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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