Description

HARWICH

TM2632NW KING'S QUAY STREET
609-1/2/71 (South West side)
16/05/91 No.19

GV II

Bank, now redundant. Early C20. Red thin Flemish-bond
brickwork with stone dressings and decoration. Roofs are
gabled behind parapets with Westmorland slate on NE and Welsh
slate on SW.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attics and single-storey block
attached to NW end. Front elevation has quatrefoil pierced
parapet, similar bands between storeys and above first-floor
windows. 4 gabled dormers break through parapet and are linked
by attached half-octagonal shafts to stone mullioned and
transomed windows on the first floor. Similar shafts on each
external corner and all surmounted by crocket finials (some
damaged). The ground floor has 3 large 8-paned, stone
mullioned and transomed windows with metal casements.
Main entrance projects forward between octagonal shafts and
has 'Bank' in carved stone sanserif letters in panel over.
Single-storey block has 2 similar windows and these, and 2 of
main block, have wrought-iron screens of Art Nouveau character
in lower third. Second entrance door to manager's flat has
moulded jambs, frieze of quatrefoils and 2-light fanlight.
General Flemish/late Gothic character. Rear has a 2-storey
flat-roofed projection with a parapeted gable extending to
attic level and one large red brick stack.
INTERIOR: expensively decorated and relatively complete.
Semicircular arch on consoles, leads to manager's flat
staircase which has open well, turned hardwood balusters and
newels with finials. First-floor room has elaborate Adamesque
fireplace and there are 3 faience fireplaces contemporary with
building.

Listing NGR: TM2608432689

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26500219

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)