Description

BARROW IN FURNESS

SD1969SE DUKE STREET
708-1/12/51 (North East side)
Nos.92, 94 AND 96
Barclays Bank

GV II

Bank. c1875. Ashlar sandstone on limestone plinth, slate roof.
3 storeys and attic. 6 half-bays. Italianate. Moulded plinth.
Entrance to bay 1 has part-fluted pilasters with composite
capitals; stone transom beneath overlight; lintel with carved
keystone; carved brackets to cornice surmounted by balustraded
balcony with panelled corner dies. Matching pilasters rise
from moulded sill band to divided round-arched windows with
archivolts and keystones. Half-bay to right has altered side
doorway under round-arched niche. Later fascia sign beneath
ground-floor cornice. 1st floor: projecting sills to plain
sashes in scroll-shouldered architraves under panelled friezes
and cornices. 2nd floor: string course and fluting beneath
sill band from which rise plain pilasters with decorated
capitals; plain sashes in architraves. Entablature surmounted
by corniced parapet with dies over each bay division. Mansard
roof with corniced end stack on left and matching stack to
right of bay 4.

Listing NGR: SD1970469305

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26504937

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Recommended Books

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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets