National Westminster Bank
NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK, 68, CHURCH STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1290544
- Date first listed:
- 13-Mar-1995
- List Entry Name:
- National Westminster Bank
- Statutory Address:
- NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK, 68, CHURCH STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2001-04-16
- Reference:
- IOE01/03879/19
- Rights:
- © Mr Charles Satterly. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1290544
- Date first listed:
- 13-Mar-1995
- List Entry Name:
- National Westminster Bank
- Statutory Address 1:
- NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK, 68, CHURCH STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK, 68, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Lancaster (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 47605 61858
Details
LANCASTER
SD4761NE CHURCH STREET 1685-1/7/82 (North side) No.68 National Westminster Bank
GV II*
Banking hall and offices. 1870, with C20 addition. By Garlick, Park and Sykes (of Preston). For the Lancaster Banking Co. Sandstone ashlar with ashlar dressings, above a deep plinth of Carboniferous limestone. Slate roof with tall gable chimney stacks. Rectangular plan. In the Italian palazzo style. 2 storeys, over a tall basement which can be seen at the back because of the fall of the land, and 9 bays divided by pilasters on the 1st floor, with the doorway in the 6th. The facade is articulated by a prominent modillion cornice between the storeys and by Corinthian pilasters on the first floor, which carry a heavy entablature, with brackets carved with acanthus leaves in the frieze. The blocking course is interrupted by acroteria carved with palmettes above the pilasters and is raised at the corners. Above the plinth the ground floor has banded rustication and there is a moulded band at the impost level of the windows, which have plain reveals and keystones carved with heads. The windows of the first floor have moulded architraves and recessed sills, below which there is a panel of vermiculation. The 5th and 7th bays contain panels carved with bas-reliefs of the arms of Lancaster and of Lancashire, set in florid scrollwork. The doorway projects strongly, with a pediment which continues the ground-floor cornice and is carried on free-standing Tuscan columns of polished pink granite, mounted on the plinth; the frieze bears the inscription 'BANK'. The bays to the right and left of the doorway are blind. To the left a single-storey 3-bay extension, in early C20 classical style. INTERIOR: large banking hall has ceiling supported on 4 free-standing Corinthian columns and is divided into compartments with modillion cornices. In the central compartment is a glazed lantern. HISTORY: the Lancaster Banking Company was one of the first joint-stock banks in the country, established in 1826 following the collapse of 2 other local banks.
Listing NGR: SD4762661857
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 383114
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 18-Jun-2026 at 09:58:27.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.