National Westminster Bank, Liverpool

This article is about the building in Liverpool. For the company, see National Westminster Bank.

53.406°N 2.990°W / 53.406; -2.990

National Westminster Bank, Liverpool
General information
Location	Castle Street, Liverpool, England
Completed	1901
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Richard Norman Shaw, William Edward Willink and Philip Coldwell Thicknesse

The National Westminster Bank, Castle Street, Liverpool, England is a Grade II* listed building.[1]

A typical 19th-century bank building of early renaissance style with closely spaced classically styled windows and a heavily moulded cornice.

It was built between 1898 and 1901 for Parr's Bank, having been designed by Richard Norman Shaw.[2] It later housed NatWest Bank, until they closed the bank in October 2017, putting it out for rent.[3] Plans were announced in October 2021 to convert the venue into a 92-bed hotel and bar.[4] Liverpool City Council approved planning permission for the ground floor to be turned into a bar and restaurant in July 2022, with further permission on turning the upper floors into a hotel with roof extension pending.[5]

The circular banking hall, Castle Street, Liverpool

See also

• Architecture of Liverpool

References

1. "NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK, Non Civil Parish - 1205939 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
2. Houghton, Alistair (18 October 2017). "NatWest closes historic Castle Street branch - but opens new one in city centre". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
3. Duffy, Tom (10 February 2019). "So what is going on with the old NatWest building on Castle Street?". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
4. "Hotel conversion for listed Liverpool bank". Place North West. 8 October 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
5. Humphreys, David (5 July 2022). "Former city centre bank to be transformed into restaurant". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 22 October 2022.

External links

• Liverpool architecture