Description

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TQ3004SW
577-1/38/966

BRIGHTON
WESTERN ROAD (South side)
No 79-80

(Formerly listed as No.80 Midland Bank)

II

Bank. 1905. Possibly by Thomas Bostock Whinney. Bath stone, roof obscured by parapet.

EXTERIOR: one storey, three-window range and double-fronted. The rusticated front is flanked by rusticated engaged Doric antae with fluted necking; the central entrance is flanked by engaged Doric columns, also fluted. Flat-arched entrance with architrave, fluted frieze and broken segmental pediment on consoles, the tympanum filled with garlands and fronds depending from the ornamental frame of the oval window above. Flat-arched windows to either side with architrave, pulvinated bay-leaf frieze and cornice, the original glazing now missing; frieze of intertwined sprays; entablature; parapet with balustrade between piers.

INTERIOR: no original fittings remain apart from the coffered ceiling decorated with bands of oak leaf ornament.

(Gray AS: Edwardian architecture: a biographical dictionary: London: 1985-: 382).

Listing NGR: TQ3038504387

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26661228

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Recommended Books

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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)