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SE 0423 and SE 0523
12/281

SOWERBY BRIDGE
TOWN HALL STREET (north side)
No 9
Former Lloyds Bank

(Formerly listed as Lloyds Bank, TOWN HALL STREET)

GV
II
Former bank. Probably 1870s. Ashlar, roof not visible. Two storeys, three bays plus rounded corner bay rising as two-stage tower. Italianate style. Plinth, bays defined by rusticated quoins, punch-dressed to ground floor. Tall round-arched openings. Central bay has a triple window to each floor, the lights separated by pilasters and with keystones and bracketed cornices. The first floor window is more elaborate and has balcony and segmental pediment over central light. Outer bays break forward slightly. Each has doorway, that to left now window, with keyed moulded architrave and window above with bracketed cill and consoled segmental pediment. Dentilled cornice. Parapet, balustraded over outer bays, with coping and vase finials. Stacks between bays one and two and to right end. Tower on left: first stage (the height of ground and first floors) has rusticated stone to lower half and Venetian window to upper half with colonnettes, pilasters, balustrade on consoles, cornice and segmental pediment. Cornice as main block; balustrade with elaborate festoon over centre; cornice. Top stage has six faces, separated by Ionic pilasters, each with an arched niche with elaborate architrave and head keystone. South west niche has clock in leaf surround; other niches each have a two-light opening with colonnettes and decorative iron grilles and tympanum. Entablature with dentil cornice. Ribbed stone dome with pilasters rising into brackets supporting central finial.

The building was formerly the Town Hall, although it was never in fact owned by the town. when originally built it had a symmetrical plan with a balancing wing returning along Hollins Mill Lane (now demolished). The clock was paid for by public subscription (Civil Society, p5).

Listing NGR: SE0592023571

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Lloyds Bank at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q26606026

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Recommended Books

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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  England's Post-War Listed Buildings
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  Period property manual, victorian house manual 2 books collection set by ian rock