Description

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 7 September 2023 to update the name and to reformat the text to current standards

SK 3871 SW
1/136

CAVENDISH STREET (east side)
Nos 1 and 3, Former Williams and Glyn's Bank and Bank Chambers

(Formerly listed as Nos 1 and 3 (Williams and Glyn's Bank and Bank Chambers))

9.8.76

II
Includes Nos 2 and 4 Stephenson Place. Circa 1907. Architect W Cecil Jackson. Edwardian Baroque. Semi-circular stone building at the apex of triangle formed by junction of Cavendish Street and Stephenson Place. Ashlar with high plinth containing basement. Above this, two storey facade recessed behind giant order of engaged Ionic columns with architrave, frieze and modillion cornice above. Parapet with open balustrade, roof not visible. Rear three bays of building (on both streets) each have rusticated stone facades with plain blocking course continuous with open balustrade to south. Seventeen windowsin all with moulded stone architraves and corbelled sills, those of ground floor have triple keystones. Door at centre of curve with plain round arched fanlight and segmental pediment on consoles. Above, stone plaque with arms, plaque flanked by reversed eagles.

Listing NGR: SK3843671196

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26380660

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
• 
  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
• 
  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
• 
  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)