History

1892, by E A Lansdowne. Formerly Liberal Club.

Exterior

French Renaissance style. Steeply pitched slate roof, bathstone elevations with dentil cornice, first floor windows with small pediments; pale stone ground floor. Two pedimented dormers to Commercial Street. Dome over corner. Three pedimented dormers to Austin Friars. Three windows to Commercial Street; on ground floor, doorway to L, and 2 windows. Curving corner bay. To Austin Friars, window, blank bay (formerly chimney), 2 windows, then paired windows in end bay with pavilion roof. On ground floor, 2 windows to corner, 4 windows to Austin Friars, then doorway with scrolled brackets to hood.

Reasons for Listing

High quality bank building on important corner site.

External Links

• Cadwr Listing
• Wikidata Q29500256

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Setting up a Listed Building Heritage Partnership Agreement: Historic England Advice Note 5
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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)