Description

George Washington Browne, late 19th, early 20th century. Near symmetrical 2-storey, 3-bay former bank building with manager's accommodation; adapted for part-office, part-residential use late 20th century. Red ashlar frontage with Tudor Gothic detailing; squared and snecked stugged red sandstone to sides. Raised base course; architraved cill course at 1st floor; corniced eaves; obelisk finials to ogee-shaped gables. Architraved surrounds to openings; chamfered cills; sandstone mullions.

N (ENTRANCE) ELEVATION: paired doorpiece centred at ground comprising 2-leaf timber panelled doors set in segmental-arched surrounds; linking frieze and cornice; ribbon swag detail surmounting left doorway (No 93). Ball-finialed, segmental-arched pediment to single window centred at 1st floor breaking eaves. Tripartite window at ground in bay to outer left; bipartite window aligned at 1st floor beneath obelisk-finialed gable. Bipartite window at ground in bay to outer right; bipartite window aligned at 1st floor beneath obelisk finialed gable.

2-pane timber sash and case glazing; various skylights. Graded grey slate roof; raised stone skews; corniced skewputts. Original rainwater goods. Corniced apex stacks to E and W; circular terracotta cans.

INTERIOR NO 93: adapted for use as office; little original remains. NO 95: flatted accommodation, not seen 1997.

Statement of Interest

Despite change of use, the majority of original details remain intact - note the obelisk finials, ogee-shaped gables, corniced stacks, paired doorway and timber glazing. A good example of the work of Sir George Washington Browne (1853 - 1939). Note the similarity with Nos 82, 84 and 86 Portland Street (see separate list entry).

External Links

• Historic Environment Scotland Listing
• Wikidata Q17844772

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Recommended Books

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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Oxfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas