Description

1.
5102 KING STREET
(south side)
No 1
(Barclays Bank)
NZ 3667 SW 4/34

II GV

2.
Includes No 2 Fowler Street.
1909 J H Morton Architect.
Ashlar. Three storeys and 7 bays. Quadrant plan linking King Street to Fowler
Street.
Ground floor heavily rusticated above a high plain plinth. Windows, central entrance
and door from Fowler Street have semi-circular hooded openings with scrolled keystones.
First floor openings have architraves and alternating triangular and segmental
pediments. Continuous cill band and cast iron balconies.
Second floor windows have moulded architraves. All crowned by an entablature with
modillion cornice and a balustraded parapet.
Each end bay broken forward to form a pavilion. Ionic pilasters rising above ground
floor support open pediments. The tympanum of each pediment contains a cartouche.
A good example of early C20 "Bankers Classical" in South Shields standing in a
prominent position.

Listing NGR: NZ3641267257

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26525741

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)