Description

1. HIGH STREET
5239 (west side)

No 171
(Barclays Bank Limited)
SU 4111 3/150

II

2.
Formerly Martins Bank. Circa 1900, probably by S Kelway Pope in a Neo-Jacobean
style. Three storeys stone. Roof concealed by parapet with elaborate strapwork
motifs and 4 obelisk-shaped finials. Second floor has 4 Corinthian engaged
columns, the first floor has 4 Ionic engaged columns and the ground floor
has 4 Roman Doric engaged columns. Friezes between floors, that between first
and second floor having elaborate floral motifs. Three mullioned and transomed
windows, the central one a bay. Left side round-headed arch to door, having
keystone and spandrels decorated with cornucopiae.

Listing NGR: SU4200611268

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26384298

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)