Description

CHIPPENHAM

ST9273SW HIGH STREET
930-1/10/53 (North side)
22/06/78 No.30
National Westminster Bank and
attached walls

II

Bank. 1876. By GM Silley for the National Provincial Bank.
Limestone ashlar, hipped slate roof with moulded ashlar stacks
which sweep up from the eaves. Mannerist Classical style.
Double-depth plan with rear extensions.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; symmetrical 5-bay front. Wide eaves,
dentilled cornice and blocking course to facade and returns.
Horned plate-glass sash windows to the 1st floor; 3 recessed
bays to centre articulated by fluted Doric columns in antis,
flanked by carved floral drops; paired antae flank both outer
bays and above them are curved brackets to the cornice. The
ground floor and walls to the sides have chamfered rustication
below an ornamental band and a triglyph frieze to a cornice at
sill level. The ranges flanking the door are recessed; a
moulded impost band and archivolts to semicircular-arched
windows with heavy moulded keystones set in ornamented band.
C20 glazing. Moulded sill and plinth. Steps up to C20 door
flanked by Doric columns with blocks which rest on the plinth
and support the impost string; above it an ornamented
semicircular panel continues the arcading of the windows.
The returns are similar but simpler.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: on each side coped walls sweep up to meet
the triglyph frieze. Each has a wide flat arch with chamfered
voussoirs and a large keystone. The arch to the right has C20
double gates. A vigorous and eclectic example of Palazzo-style
mid C19 commercial architecture, contrasting in style to the
much more conservative but contemporary No.29 (qv).
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N & Cherry B: Wiltshire:
London: 1967-1975: 172).

Listing NGR: ST9203373343

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558455

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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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