National Westminster Bank, Liverpool Explained

National Westminster Bank, Liverpool
Location:Castle Street, Liverpool, England
Architect:Richard Norman Shaw, William Edward Willink and Philip Coldwell Thicknesse
Completion Date:1901

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]

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