Description

The following building shall be added:

BROMLEY HIGH STREET
TQ 46 NW
(west side)
785-/5/10011 No. 194 (even)
National Westminster
Bank

GV II

Bank. Built in 1927, architects Gunton and Gunton, for the
National Provincial Bank. Florid Neo-Georgian style in
handmade variegated red brick with Portland stone dressings
and state roof with brick and stone chimneystack. Wedge-shaped
site with office building of 2 storeys and attics 3 windows to
front and single storey banking hall with 3 windows behind.
Front building has hipped roof with dormer with curved
pediment. Parapet with panels of stone balustrading and
Portland stone urns at corners. Deep modillion cornice.
Full-height engaged Corinthian piers at corners. First floor
has 12-pane sashes with curved architraves and keystones.
Ground floor has taller windows with glazing bars to upper
part only with keystone and brick panels above and stone
panels below. Central doorcase has curved open pediment with
scrolled cartouche above keystone with date 1927, engaged
columns with plumed capitals, rectangular fanlight and double
doors with 3 fielded panels to each. Left side elevation is
curved with panelled parapet, one 8-pane sash to first floor
and elaborate cartouche to ground floor. Banking hall to rear
has 3 18-pane sashes with panels above. Plinth. Interior has
central circular vestibule with black and white marble floor,
pilasters, cornice and ceiling with design of ovolo moulding
and fasces. Original doors with bevel-edged glass panels, the
set leading into the banking hall curved to be flush with the
shape of the vestibule. Rectangular banking hall has cornice,
pilasters, marble floor and probably original counters.

Listing NGR: TQ4016769319

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26482069

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Recommended Books

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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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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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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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