Former National Westminster Bank

Former National Westminster Bank, 39 and 41, High Street, Wem, SY4 5DH

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Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1175827
Date first listed:: 28-Aug-1951
List Entry Name:: Former National Westminster Bank
Statutory Address:: Former National Westminster Bank, 39 and 41, High Street, Wem, SY4 5DH

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1175827
Date first listed:: 28-Aug-1951
List Entry Name:: Former National Westminster Bank
Statutory Address 1:: Former National Westminster Bank, 39 and 41, High Street, Wem, SY4 5DH

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Location

Statutory Address:: Former National Westminster Bank, 39 and 41, High Street, Wem, SY4 5DH

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:: Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:: Wem Urban
National Grid Reference:: SJ 51289 28886

Details

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 7 November 2024 to amend the name and address and reformat the text to current standards

SJ 5128 3/30

HIGH STREET (south side) Nos 39 and 41, Former National Westminster Bank (Formerly listed as Nos 39 and 41 (National Westminster Bank)

28.8.51

GV II Large early C19 red brick house. Welsh slate roof with stone coping to gable ends, blocking course and moulded cornice. Three storeys. 2:1:3 bays. Sash windows with glazing bars. Centre left first and second floor in moulded architraves, first floor with fluted frieze and cornice. First floor window cill band. Ground floor two large three-light windows with fluted pilasters and glazing bars under slightly cambered arch central pilastered doorcase with broken pediment on fluted brackets, traceried semi-circular fanlight and panelled door.

Listing NGR: SJ5128928886

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Legacy System number:: 259937
Legacy System:: LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.