Description

POULTRY EC2
1.
5002
(North Side)
Nos 27 to 35 (consec)
TQ 3281 SE 10/257 5.6.72.

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2.
Includes No 5 (Midland Bank) Prince's Street. 1924, by Sir Edwin Lutyens. One
of his finest urban buildings. Simplified classical style - faced with Portland
stone. 5 storeys plus variously recessed single and double attics. Rusticated
and arcaded ground storey with order of vanishing pilasters and pair of Doric columns
in antis to recessed entrance. Mezzanine treated as pedestal to upper part with
carved figures of boys at either end by Sir W Reid Dick. Partly channelled stonework
to 3 storeys above with very simple, tall arcade. Modelled central projection
to attic with large, arched opening, Corinthian pilasters pediment and urns. Low,
central dome and obelisks at either end. Short return to Grocers' Hall Court with
later bridge. Beyond, plain elevation of white, glazed brick with stone to ground
storey. Short elevation to Princes' Street similar to front with 3 simple entrances.

Listing NGR: TQ3262281144

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17526784

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: West and the Weald: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)