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1, St Georges Square

A Grade II Listed Building in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria

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Coordinates

Latitude: 54.1082 / 54°6'29"N

Longitude: -3.222 / 3°13'19"W

OS Eastings: 320205

OS Northings: 468728

OS Grid: SD202687

Mapcode National: GBR 5NYY.72

Mapcode Global: WH72H.GZYY

Plus Code: 9C6R4Q5H+76

Entry Name: 1, St Georges Square

Listing Date: 6 May 1976

Last Amended: 20 December 1993

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1282846

English Heritage Legacy ID: 388575

ID on this website: 101282846

Location: Barrow-in-Furness, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, LA14

County: Cumbria

District: Barrow-in-Furness

Electoral Ward/Division: Central

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Barrow-in-Furness

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cumbria

Church of England Parish: Barrow-in-Furness St George

Church of England Diocese: Carlisle

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Description



BARROW IN FURNESS

SD2068NW ST GEORGE'S SQUARE
708-1/14/137 (West side)
06/05/76 No.1
(Formerly Listed as:
ST GEORGE'S SQUARE
No.1
Hospital Education Centre)

GV II

Bank now health club. Dated 1864. For the Lancaster Banking
Company. Ashlar limestone with brick to rear, graduated slate
roof. 2 storeys, 4:1:3 bays wrapped around corner of The
Strand and St George's Square. Moulded plinth; rusticated
ground floor; recessed corner bay set on curve. Plain sashes
now partially replaced by casements. A pair of doorways to St
George's Square are set in raised panel: each has pilasters
with composite capitals and archivolt with mask keystone.
Right-hand doorway has 8-panel door and plain fanlight;
left-hand doorway is now a window. Sash on right has sunken
apron, recessed surround and segmental arch with keystone;
continuous cornice. 1st-floor sill band to similar, but
square-headed, window surrounds. String course below
modillions to simple cornice with blocking course. Corner bay
lit by segmentally-arched window to each floor; oval date
plaque on blocking course has scrolled supports and anthemion.
Hipped roof; ridge stack and end stacks with modillioned
cornices. Left return windows as front. INTERIOR: original
staircase with cast-iron balustrade panels and wreathed
mahogany handrail; margin-glazed ceiling light. Banking hall
ceiling now underdrawn.


Listing NGR: SD2020568728

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