Description

CHATHAM

TQ7567NE HIGH STREET
762-1/4/12 (South West side)
No.148
National Westminster Bank

GV II

Bank. 1903 by W Campbell Jones. Limestone ashlar, ashlar ridge
stacks and tiled roof.
STYLE: Arts and Crafts.
PLAN: 2-room corner site.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys; 3-gable range. Rock-faced ground-floor,
with sill bands to each floor, and steep coped gables with
finials connected by a parapet. Single bay to High Street, 2
to the right return, each with 3 keyed segmental-arched
ground-floor windows with architraves, first-floor flat-headed
windows with segmental-arched labels on brackets, and
second-floor windows divided by small niches with a cornice
with segmental-arched centre. Left-hand 2-storey bay has a
projecting porch with a flat-headed doorway and balustrade.
Curved 1-bay corner recessed; above is an octagonal ogee-domed
lantern with segmental arches to small windows, and
rectangular lights above. Plate-glass sashes.
INTERIOR: altered mid C20 to the ground floor. A well-composed
Arts and Crafts bank which effectively turns the corner site.
(The Building of England: Newman J: West Kent and the Weald:
London: 1976-: 202).

Listing NGR: TQ7572167910

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26558564

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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