Survey Data
Reg No
30314071
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Historical
Original Use
House
Historical Use
Bank/financial institution
In Use As
Day centre
Date
1785 - 1805
Coordinates
129909, 225115
Date Recorded
03/09/2008
Date Updated
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Description
Terraced three-bay four-storey over basement former house, built c.1795, formerly in use as bank, now in use as offices. Recent single-storey lean-to extension to basement level to rear. Roof concealed behind parapet, cast-iron and replacement aluminium downpipes to front. Coursed dressed limestone walling to front elevation and lined-and-ruled rendered walls to rear. Recent moulded cornice to parapet to front and rear elevations and metal plaque to ground floor of front. Chamfered stone string course to ground floor front. Square-headed window openings with limestone block-and-start surrounds, sills and voussoirs, with replacement uPVC windows, having cast-iron window guards to basement. Rendered surrounds and reveals to rear windows with rendered stone sills and replacement uPVC and timber windows. Round-headed door opening to front within splayed rendered surround, having timber panelled door flanked by panelled render pilasters with bolection moulding and plinth blocks, supporting moulded cornice and transom and surmounted by petal fanlight. Doorway flanked by decorative iron lanterns, with ashlar limestone threshold and curved flight of limestone steps having wrought-iron railings over basement trench. Square-headed door opening to basement level below steps, with recessed recent timber door with rendered step.
Appraisal
This attractive former house, having the same fenestration pattern as its neighbour, forms an impressive part of the streetscape. The dressed stone façade, a testament to the skills of the masons, is enhanced by the retention of the fanlight to the doorway and the cast-iron railings to the basement area. The building was erected by Walter Joyce, merchant and banker, and was used as a bank in the mid-nineteenth century, thus reflecting the city's mercantile history.