Survey Data
Reg No
32314029
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural
Original Use
Building misc
In Use As
Bank/financial institution
Date
1880 - 1900
Coordinates
166280, 315602
Date Recorded
30/07/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Detached five-bay two-storey rendered bank premises, built c. 1890. Pitched slate roof, clay ridge tiles, brick corbelled chimneystacks, moulded cast-metal gutters. Painted smooth-rendered walling, rusticated quoins, channeled rustication to ground floor, moulded plinth, first-floor platband, sill strings to ground and first floor, plain fascia with moulded edge below eaves. Square-headed window openings, painted moulded lugged-and-kneed surrounds with lozenge keystones to ground floor and semi-circular risings over first floor, painted masonry sills on miniature corbels, uPVC casement windows c. 2000. Square-headed door opening, flat pilasters supporting painted moulded cornice, plain-glazed overlight, painted timber panelled double doors, limestone steps. Narrow frontage to street, bounded by wrought-iron railings with cast-iron embellishments on double-cant stone plinth, set back from building line.
Appraisal
This building is an excellent example of the consummate skill and confidence with which commercial premises were designed and executed during the Victorian and Edwardian eras. It is enlivened by an abundance of rendered detail and handsome wrought- and cast-iron railings.