Description

DURHAM AND FRAMWELLGATE MARKET PLACE
NZ 2742 NW and NZ 2742 SW (South side)

9/223 and 14/223 Nos. 12 and 13
(National Westminster
Bank)

GV II

Bank. 1876 by Gibson for National Provincial Bank. Sandstone ashlar with
Welsh slate roof. Free Palladian style. 3 storeys, 7 bays. 3 central bays
project and are defined by Tuscan attached columns in high ground floor and
giant Composite Order above with elaborate entablature. Wide rusticated
pilasters frame further bay each side; plainer end bays are set back slightly.
Tall 6-panelled double door under large overlight in fifth bay; lower 6-
panelled door and overlight in right end bay, to Bank Chambers. Ground floor
windows altered; panelled aprons, that at left with inserted cash dispenser.
3 central bays have pierced stone balustrade on first floor. Upper windows
in architraves, under bracketed pediments on first floor; with keyed segmental
heads and bracketed sills on second. Outer bays plainer, with eaves band and
low parapet. Low-pitched hipped roof over 5 central bays has tall corniced
ashlar chimneys on ridge and at right end.

Listing NGR: NZ2739542506

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26453803

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

• 
  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
• 
  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
• 
  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Farrow & Ball How to Decorate: Transform your home with paint & paper
• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover